The Gainsborough Academy

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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.

How we chose these schools

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  • number of pupils
  • pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM)
  • pupils with special educational needs (SEN), or proportion of various SEN provisions for special schools
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Pupils with special educational needs Pupils eligible for free school meals
The Gainsborough Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 723 28.8% 60.5%
E-ACT Shenley Academy
Birmingham, B29 4HE
Secondary 795 25.1% 57.7%
The Academy of St Nicholas
Liverpool, L19 5NY
Secondary 928 26.1% 56.3%
Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy
Runcorn, WA7 6EP
Secondary 829 24.3% 55.5%
Skegness Academy
Skegness, PE25 2QH
Secondary 932 34.7% 62.8%
Birkenhead Park School
Birkenhead, CH43 4UY
Secondary 768 29.3% 65.2%
The Oldershaw School
Wallasey, CH45 4RJ
Secondary 828 36.5% 61.2%
Ormiston Maritime Academy
Grimsby, DN34 5AH
Secondary 814 27.6% 55.8%
King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool
Liverpool, L8 9SJ
Secondary 902 21.7% 61.8%
Astor Secondary School
Dover, CT17 0AS
Secondary 772 24% 58.3%
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes
Bootle, L20 6AQ
Secondary 671 35.2% 60.5%
Chaucer School
Sheffield, S5 8NH
Secondary 801 21.9% 57.8%
Outwood Academy Ormesby
Middlesbrough, TS3 0RH
Secondary 738 23.6% 63.3%
Ormiston Denes Academy
Lowestoft, NR32 4AH
Secondary 732 32.3% 55.6%
Ark All Saints Academy
London, SE5 0UB
Secondary 581 20.1% 61.8%
Bluecoat Beechdale Academy
Nottingham, NG8 3GP
Secondary 898 34.2% 67%
Studio West
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2SZ
Secondary 547 25.1% 62.6%
Smith's Wood Academy
Birmingham, B36 0UE
Secondary 746 29.4% 60.9%
Da Vinci Academy
Derby, DE21 4ET
Secondary 705 21.6% 54.3%
The Academy of St Francis of Assisi
Liverpool, L6 7UR
Secondary 895 29.9% 57%
Dean Trust Wigan
Wigan, WN5 0DQ
Secondary 770 26.9% 56%
Washington Academy
Washington, NE37 2AA
Secondary 594 30% 55.7%
Dean Trust Rose Bridge
Wigan, WN1 3HD
Secondary 699 28.9% 57.9%
Dene Academy
Peterlee, SR8 5RL
Secondary 641 27.5% 59.8%
Harris Academy Clapham
London, SW4 8LD
Secondary 891 21.7% 61.3%
Outwood Academy Riverside
Middlesbrough, TS1 2AD
Secondary 693 24.8% 62.9%
Millbay Academy
Plymouth, PL1 3EG
Secondary 550 27.7% 56.6%
Alvaston Moor Academy
Derby, DE24 0AN
Secondary 866 20.8% 62.4%
Thrybergh Academy
Rotherham, S65 4BP
Secondary 562 29.6% 58.3%
Greenfield Academy
Newton Aycliffe, DL5 7LF
Secondary 645 21.5% 56.8%