The Abbey 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 Abbey School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,114 14.8% 30.9%
Future Academies Watford
Watford, WD25 7HW
Secondary 1,082 15.7% 28.7%
Haberdashers' Crayford Academy
Dartford, DA1 4RS
Secondary 1,076 13.5% 29.7%
Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy
Oldbury, B69 2HE
Secondary 1,164 17.2% 30.8%
The Academy at Shotton Hall
Peterlee, SR8 1AU
Secondary 1,170 13.5% 29.1%
Welling School
Welling, DA16 1LB
Secondary 1,147 16.2% 28.6%
The Heath School
Runcorn, WA7 4SY
Secondary 1,189 16.8% 31.6%
The Highcrest Academy
High Wycombe, HP13 7NQ
Secondary 1,068 14.4% 31.1%
Rooks Heath School
Harrow, HA2 9AH
Secondary 1,204 13.5% 31.2%
Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College
Slough, SL1 2PU
Secondary 1,197 18.8% 30.2%
Cannock Chase High School
Cannock, WS11 1JT
Secondary 1,110 13% 31.7%
Lynn Grove Academy
Great Yarmouth, NR31 8AP
Secondary 1,157 15.7% 31.9%
Norbury High School for Girls
Thornton Heath, CR7 8BT
Secondary 1,186 16.4% 29%
Campion School
Leamington Spa, CV31 1QH
Secondary 1,170 15.5% 30.7%
Netherthorpe School
Chesterfield, S43 3PU
Secondary 1,108 17.2% 32.7%
Thistley Hough Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5JJ
Secondary 1,091 18.2% 31.6%
St George's Catholic School
London, W9 1RB
Secondary 1,111 17.3% 29.8%
St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 6LZ
Secondary 1,164 15% 31%
The University of Birmingham School
Birmingham, B29 6QU
Secondary 1,186 14.6% 31.7%
Darwen Vale High School
Darwen, BB3 0AL
Secondary 1,082 18.3% 29.5%
Lyndon School
Solihull, B92 8EJ
Secondary 1,173 16.7% 32.1%
Greatfields School
Barking, IG11 7QG
Secondary 1,169 16.2% 31.9%
The Elmgreen School
London, SE27 9BZ
Secondary 1,137 16.2% 32.2%
Sir Thomas Wharton Academy
Doncaster, DN12 1HH
Secondary 1,109 14.7% 28.8%
Arena Academy
Birmingham, B42 2PY
Secondary 1,109 13.4% 33%
Colne Park High School
Colne, BB8 7DP
Secondary 1,061 13.7% 29.2%
Oasis Academy Sholing
Southampton, SO19 8PH
Secondary 1,032 17.1% 31.1%
Stopsley High School
Luton, LU2 7UX
Secondary 1,085 14.8% 28.8%
Oulder Hill Leadership Academy
Rochdale, OL11 5EF
Secondary 1,185 12.8% 31.9%
Ken Stimpson Academy
Peterborough, PE4 6JT
Secondary 1,096 18.2% 32.2%