The Valley Leadership 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.

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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 Valley Leadership Academy (Your chosen school)	Secondary	656	19.9%	43.1%
St Anne's Church of England Academy Manchester, M24 6XN	Secondary	776	20.7%	46.2%
Orchards Academy Swanley, BR8 7TE	Secondary	553	19.6%	41.9%
Prenton High School for Girls Birkenhead, CH42 6RR	Secondary	785	18.4%	40.2%
Pegasus Academy Dudley, DY1 2DU	Secondary	649	20.4%	43.1%
Atherton High School Atherton, M46 0AY	Secondary	525	21%	45.1%
Oak Academy Bournemouth, BH11 9JJ	Secondary	597	23.5%	41.9%
Outwood Academy Brumby Scunthorpe, DN16 1NT	Secondary	737	20.4%	42.1%
Copley Academy Stalybridge, SK15 3RR	Secondary	625	25.9%	42.4%
The Boulevard Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU3 3QT	Secondary	749	19%	45.6%
North Cambridge Academy Cambridge, CB4 2JF	Secondary	687	21.9%	45%
Burnley High School Burnley, BB12 6NX	Secondary	613	17%	39%
Litherland High School Liverpool, L21 0DB	Secondary	735	23.9%	45.2%
Irlam and Cadishead Academy Manchester, M44 5ZR	Secondary	710	26.9%	40.7%
Phoenix Academy London, W12 0RQ	Secondary	566	17.2%	44.2%
The Hyndburn Academy Blackburn, BB1 4ED	Secondary	621	20.3%	41.8%
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester Manchester, M8 8DT	Secondary	643	20.2%	43.4%
Ellesmere Port Church of England College Ellesmere Port, CH65 6EA	Secondary	633	15.2%	43.9%
Padgate Academy Warrington, WA2 0LN	Secondary	632	12.9%	45.7%
Central Lancaster High School Lancaster, LA1 3LS	Secondary	601	25.2%	44.4%
The Oaks Academy Crewe, CW2 7NQ	Secondary	621	16.8%	44.2%
Newsome Academy Huddersfield, HD4 6JN	Secondary	754	18.2%	45%
Rayner Stephens High School Dukinfield, SK16 5BL	Secondary	581	15.5%	46.9%
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy Prescot, L35 2XG	Secondary	726	17%	44.1%
Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy Leeds, LS10 4AX	Secondary	635	21.5%	42.5%
John Smeaton Academy Leeds, LS15 8TA	Secondary	604	19.5%	45.2%
Rhyddings Accrington, BB5 3EA	Secondary	647	14.5%	45.8%
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy St. Helens, WA11 9BB	Secondary	565	25.9%	44.2%
Hetton Academy Houghton le Spring, DH5 9JZ	Secondary	654	16.3%	42.2%
Farringdon Community Academy Sunderland, SR3 3EL	Secondary	678	23.4%	41.9%