Mercia School

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We've chosen 30 similar schools to benchmark this school against running cost categories, which includes all staffing (excluding premises staff), ICT, consultancy and catering.

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  • pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM)
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Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Pupils with special educational needs Pupils eligible for free school meals
Mercia School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,047 16.4% 22.7%
Mounts Bay Academy
Penzance, TR18 3JT
Secondary 976 18.4% 21.7%
Haygrove School
Bridgwater, TA6 7HW
Secondary 1,061 13.5% 21.9%
Bungay High School
Bungay, NR35 1RW
Secondary 997 17% 22.5%
Langley School
Solihull, B92 7ER
Secondary 1,047 20.5% 23.4%
The Magna Carta School
Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 3HJ
Secondary 1,030 16.9% 22.5%
Noadswood School
Southampton, SO45 4ZF
Secondary 1,044 15.8% 21.9%
William Edwards School
Grays, RM16 3NJ
Secondary 1,108 16.3% 20.6%
Light Hall School
Solihull, B90 2PZ
Secondary 1,027 12.1% 23%
Manor School
Wellingborough, NN9 6PA
Secondary 967 17.3% 21.1%
Kingsbury Green Academy
Calne, SN11 8YH
Secondary 1,059 19.3% 22.4%
Sir Harry Smith Community College
Peterborough, PE7 1XB
Secondary 1,104 17.4% 24.3%
Corby Technical School
Corby, NN17 1TD
Secondary 991 14.9% 22.3%
Crawshaw Academy
Pudsey, LS28 9HU
Secondary 1,110 16.9% 23.4%
Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn
Lincoln, LN5 0PA
Secondary 994 19.5% 21.9%
The Bromfords School
Wickford, SS12 0LZ
Secondary 1,136 16% 21.9%
The King's School
Pontefract, WF8 4JF
Secondary 1,042 14.5% 24%
The Ilfracombe Church of England Academy
Ilfracombe, EX34 9JB
Secondary 1,011 16.2% 23%
Magna Academy
Poole, BH17 8RE
Secondary 970 17.7% 23.2%
Eggbuckland Community College
Plymouth, PL6 5YB
Secondary 1,033 15.8% 20.1%
The Cedars Academy
Leicester, LE4 4GH
Secondary 985 19.5% 21.6%
Ditton Park Academy
Slough, SL3 7UX
Secondary 1,125 15.3% 23.1%
Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy
Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 0QH
Secondary 1,030 15.2% 23.5%
The Brakenhale School
Bracknell, RG12 7BA
Secondary 1,108 18% 20.6%
Bishop Douglass School Finchley
London, N2 0SQ
Secondary 1,013 13% 23.8%
Barclay Academy
Stevenage, SG1 3RB
Secondary 992 18.6% 21.3%
Darton Academy
Barnsley, S75 5EF
Secondary 1,114 12.5% 21%
St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Bury, BL9 0TZ
Secondary 1,055 15.8% 23.3%
The Purbeck School
Wareham, BH20 4PF
Secondary 1,028 16.2% 20.7%
Parkside School
Bradford, BD13 5AD
Secondary 1,105 18.9% 22.9%