Oak Lodge School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.

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Running cost categories

We've chosen 28 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:

  • school phase or type
  • region
  • 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

SEN characteristics will be taken into account when comparators are chosen, these include:

  • communication and interaction
  • cognition and learning
  • social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH)
  • sensory and/or physical needs
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Pupils with special educational needs Pupils eligible for free school meals
Oak Lodge School
(Your chosen school)
Special 91 100% 65.9%
Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children
London, N1C 4BT
Special 34 100% 40%
Cambridge School
London, W12 0SP
Special 143 100% 63.6%
Greenvale School
London, SE6 1UF
Special 214 100% 54.7%
Tuke School
London, SE15 6ER
Special 100 100% 73%
Cherry Garden School
London, SE15 5BB
Special 94 100% 57.4%
Paddock School
London, SW15 5RT
Special 220 100% 58.6%
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee School
London, W9 3LG
Special 90 100% 65.6%
John Chilton School
Northolt, UB5 5LD
Special 157 100% 53.5%
Blanche Nevile School
London, N10 1NJ
Special 84 100% 42.9%
Perseid School
Morden, SM4 5LT
Special 160 100% 55%
Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children
Birmingham, B31 1LD
Special 54 100% 66.7%
Braidwood School for the Deaf
Birmingham, B36 8AF
Special 92 100% 68.5%
Fox Hollies School
Birmingham, B13 8QB
Special 112 100% 64.3%
Palmerston School
Liverpool, L17 6AU
Special 174 100% 57.5%
Meadowside School
Wirral, CH49 5LA
Special 112 100% 66.1%
Thomasson Memorial School
Bolton, BL3 3LA
Special 85 100% 40%
Archdale School
Sheffield, S2 1PL
Special 94 100% 53.1%
Elmfield School for Deaf Children
Bristol, BS7 0PU
Special 50 100% 42%
Mill Ford School
Plymouth, PL5 2PY
Special 132 100% 56.8%
Icknield School
Andover, SP11 6LT
Special 94 100% 48.9%
Heathlands School
St Albans, AL3 5AY
Special 152 100% 32.7%
Kings Mill School
Driffield, YO25 6UG
Special 136 100% 53.7%
Harford Manor School, Norwich
Norwich, NR2 2LN
Special 106 100% 52.8%
Barndale School
Alnwick, NE66 1DQ
Special 90 100% 54.4%
Sandfield Park School
Liverpool, L12 1LH
Special 88 100% 67%
Hadrian School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 6PY
Special 177 100% 62.7%
The Livity School
London, SW16 2PW
Special 127 100% 54.3%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 29 similar schools to benchmark this school against building cost categories, which includes utilities, cleaning and maintenance.

How we chose these schools

We chose these schools based on:

  • school phase or type
  • region
  • gross internal floor area
  • average age of buildings
  • whether they are a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) school
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Gross internal floor area Average age of buildings
Oak Lodge School
(Your chosen school)
Special 91 Sign in to see
Beormund Primary School
London, SE1 3PS
Special 29
St Ann's School
London, W7 3JP
Special 124
West Lea School
London, N9 9TU
Special 527
Shaftesbury High School
Harrow, HA3 6LE
Special 171
Corbets Tey School
Upminster, RM14 2YQ
Special 158
New Rush Hall School
Ilford, IG6 2LB
Special 91
Sutton School
Dudley, DY1 2DU
Special 189
Elleray Park School
Wallasey, CH45 0LH
Special 215
Wirral Hospitals' School
Wirral, CH41 0EZ
Special 4
Lancasterian School
Manchester, M20 2XA
Special 187
Southgate School
Huddersfield, HD5 8TG
Special 181
Highfield School
Ossett, WF5 9BS
Special 208
Westhaven School
Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4UT
Special 185
Heritage House School
Chesham, HP5 3BP
Special 135
Archers Brook SEMH Residential School
Ellesmere Port, CH66 2NA
Special 99
Croft Community School
Stanley, DH9 8PR
Special 287
St Luke's School
St Albans, AL3 7ET
Special 178
Grange Park School
Sevenoaks, TN15 7RD
Special 179
Great Arley School
Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 4HH
Special 107
Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School
Blackpool, FY5 4HH
Special 134
The St Francis Special School, Lincoln
Lincoln, LN1 3TJ
Special 177
Fred Nicholson School
Dereham, NR19 1JB
Special 197
Fairfields School
Northampton, NN2 6JN
Special 125
Collingwood School & Media Arts College
Morpeth, NE61 2HA
Special 308
Manor Mead School
Shepperton, TW17 8EL
Special 237
Kingsbury Primary Special School
Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH
Special 133
Marland School
Torrington, EX38 8QQ
Special 160
Woodfield
Coventry, CV4 7AB
Special 160