Highfields 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

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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
Highfields School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,295 12.4% 21.9%
Malcolm Arnold Academy
Northampton, NN2 6JW
Secondary 1,307 12.8% 24.4%
Holyrood Academy
Chard, TA20 1JL
Secondary 1,321 15.8% 23.6%
Fulston Manor School
Sittingbourne, ME10 4EG
Secondary 1,331 15.1% 21.4%
Branston Community Academy
Lincoln, LN4 1LH
Secondary 1,156 13.2% 20.8%
Orion Coopers
Chislehurst, BR7 5PS
Secondary 1,319 12.6% 23%
Brighouse High School
Brighouse, HD6 2NY
Secondary 1,320 16.4% 20.5%
The Mirfield Free Grammar
Mirfield, WF14 9EZ
Secondary 1,324 12% 22.5%
Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre
Droitwich Spa, WR9 0AA
Secondary 1,300 14.9% 22.3%
The Coleshill School
Birmingham, B46 3EX
Secondary 1,201 11.8% 20.2%
Carlton Academy
Nottingham, NG4 3SH
Secondary 1,371 7.7% 23.7%
The Joseph Whitaker School
Mansfield, NG21 0AG
Secondary 1,328 14.2% 22%
Framwellgate School Durham
Durham, DH1 5BQ
Secondary 1,247 10.4% 23.4%
The Earls High School
Halesowen, B63 3SL
Secondary 1,295 12.8% 20.3%
Salendine Nook High School Academy
Huddersfield, HD3 4GN
Secondary 1,405 11.8% 21.9%
Wigston Academy
Wigston, LE18 2DT
Secondary 1,314 16.7% 23.7%
The Westgate School
Slough, SL1 5AH
Secondary 1,284 11.4% 23.5%
St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy
Sunderland, SR2 7JN
Secondary 1,308 11.1% 19%
The Elizabethan Academy
Retford, DN22 7PY
Secondary 1,205 16.1% 23.5%
The Parker E-ACT Academy
Daventry, NN11 0QE
Secondary 1,218 13.2% 24.3%
Abbeyfield School
Northampton, NN4 8BU
Secondary 1,360 16.7% 23.2%
Kingsthorpe College
Northampton, NN2 7HR
Secondary 1,395 12.8% 21.1%
Launceston College
Launceston, PL15 9JR
Secondary 1,280 10.7% 21.5%
Redhill School
Stourbridge, DY8 1JX
Secondary 1,216 13.4% 23.1%
Hampton Gardens Secondary School
Peterborough, PE7 8HR
Secondary 1,264 14% 20.9%
Chase Terrace Academy
Burntwood, WS7 2DB
Secondary 1,231 13.9% 20.2%
Meole Brace School
Shrewsbury, SY3 9DW
Secondary 1,340 11.5% 19.1%
Colne Community School
Colchester, CO7 0QL
Secondary 1,283 14.8% 19.8%
Honley High School
Holmfirth, HD9 6QJ
Secondary 1,289 16.6% 22.2%
Countesthorpe Academy
Countesthorpe, LE8 5PR
Secondary 1,193 13.5% 19.5%