River Academy

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
River Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 186 33.3% 28.5%
The Academy, Selsey
Chichester, PO20 9EH
Secondary 501 25% 26.1%
The Rural Enterprise Academy
Penkridge, ST19 5PH
Secondary 242 35.8% 22.5%
Oakbank
Reading, RG7 1ER
Secondary 406 30.5% 32%
The Sele School
Hertford, SG14 2DG
Secondary 396 29.8% 31.3%
SGS Forest High School
Cinderford, GL14 2AZ
Secondary 258 31.9% 34.6%
The Swanage School
Swanage, BH19 2PH
Secondary 339 29.5% 31.9%
The Studio School Liverpool
Liverpool, L1 0BS
Secondary 285 28.4% 27.7%
Hadlow Rural Community School
Hadlow, TN11 0AU
Secondary 392 36.3% 28.4%
Waverley Studio College
Birmingham, B9 5SX
Secondary 257 37.9% 35.9%
Aureus School
Didcot, OX11 6FF
Secondary 485 29.5% 32.8%
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch
Redditch, B98 7UH
Secondary 405 36.9% 31.9%
Futures Institute Banbury
Banbury, OX16 9HY
Secondary 121 27.3% 24.8%
XP School
Doncaster, DN4 5NG
Secondary 251 33.3% 27.7%
Kings College Guildford
Guildford, GU2 8DU
Secondary 566 24.4% 27%
Forest Hall School
Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24 8TZ
Secondary 472 31.4% 29.4%
IKB Academy
Bristol, BS31 1SP
Secondary 135 31.1% 22.2%
Dedworth Middle School
Windsor, SL4 5PE
Secondary 533 23.8% 29.5%
John O'Gaunt School
Hungerford, RG17 0AN
Secondary 440 23.2% 30.5%
XP East
Doncaster, DN4 5NG
Secondary 282 39.6% 21.8%
Chester International School
Chester, CH4 7AE
Secondary 259 33.7% 23.3%
Staindrop Academy
Darlington, DL2 3JU
Secondary 470 35.4% 29.6%
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge
Reading, RG4 9LN
Secondary 421 35.9% 22.6%
Atlantic Academy
Bideford, EX39 5DW
Secondary 228 35.7% 33%
Highfield Middle School
Prudhoe, NE42 6EY
Secondary 358 25.4% 32.7%
St Mark's CofE School
Bath, BA1 6ND
Secondary 253 45.1% 31.2%
Holy Family Catholic High School, A Voluntary Academy
Goole, DN14 9NS
Secondary 191 37.2% 31.9%
XP Gateshead
Felling, NE10 9UZ
Secondary 200 29.8% 37.4%
Chilmington Green School
Great Chart, TN23 3DL
Secondary 275 27.4% 26.6%
Danebury School
Stockbridge, SO20 6HA
Secondary 326 35.3% 23.9%