The Grove School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.

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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

We chose these schools based on:

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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 Grove School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 831 18.3% 26.4%
Richard Rose Morton Academy
Carlisle, CA2 6LB
Secondary 883 16.7% 25.6%
West Hill School
Stalybridge, SK15 1LX
Secondary 854 18.3% 25.8%
Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre
Redditch, B98 8HB
Secondary 953 17.1% 26%
Coombeshead Academy
Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PT
Secondary 874 21% 25.7%
Writhlington School
Radstock, BA3 3NQ
Secondary 929 19.6% 25.5%
Ark Bolingbroke Academy
London, SW11 6BF
Secondary 770 19.4% 28.7%
Ivanhoe School
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, LE65 1HX
Secondary 803 17.5% 25.5%
Arrow Vale High School
Redditch, B98 0GF
Secondary 859 15.5% 26.4%
Waseley Hills High School
Birmingham, B45 9EL
Secondary 743 20.8% 27.1%
St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy
Wakefield, WF2 6EQ
Secondary 763 19.1% 26.5%
Isca Academy
Exeter, EX2 6AP
Secondary 916 18.5% 27%
Bishop Milner Catholic College
Dudley, DY1 3BY
Secondary 839 16.4% 26.9%
Oakmoor School
Bordon, GU35 0JB
Secondary 882 18.3% 27%
Shaftesbury School
Shaftesbury, SP7 8ER
Secondary 864 20.5% 25.9%
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
Reading, RG1 5SL
Secondary 889 21.1% 27.9%
The Bishop David Brown School
Woking, GU21 5RF
Secondary 806 22.2% 27.2%
Kempston Academy
Bedford, MK42 7EB
Secondary 827 16.4% 28.8%
Upper Batley High School
Batley, WF17 0BJ
Secondary 793 17.6% 28%
Sir Frederick Gibberd College
Harlow, CM18 6RN
Secondary 846 14.8% 26%
Five Acres High School
Coleford, GL16 7QW
Secondary 809 16.1% 27.1%
Belvidere School
Shrewsbury, SY2 5RJ
Secondary 841 13.1% 28.3%
Tottington High School
Bury, BL8 3LY
Secondary 875 17.9% 28.7%
Mark Hall Academy
Harlow, CM17 9LR
Secondary 851 16.7% 27.4%
Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
Cannock, WS11 4AW
Secondary 778 13% 27.6%
King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys
Birmingham, B30 1DY
Secondary 825 22% 29.2%
Bonus Pastor Catholic College
Bromley, BR1 5PZ
Secondary 918 18.2% 24.9%
Greenacre School
Chatham, ME5 0LP
Secondary 862 17.2% 27.3%
Carr Hill High School
Preston, PR4 2ST
Secondary 841 20% 25.3%
Stowupland High School
Stowmarket, IP14 4BQ
Secondary 898 17% 26%