West Lea 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:

  • 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
West Lea School
(Your chosen school)
Special 527 100% 54.5%
Stormont House School
London, E5 8NP
Special 139 100% 60.4%
Bensham Manor School
Thornton Heath, CR7 7BN
Special 242 100% 55.4%
St Nicholas School
Purley, CR8 4DS
Special 274 100% 41.6%
Selly Oak Trust School
Birmingham, B29 6HZ
Special 400 100% 59%
Cherry Oak School
Birmingham, B29 6PB
Special 112 100% 63.4%
The Brier School
Kingswinford, DY6 8QN
Special 203 100% 38.9%
Woodsetton School
Dudley, DY3 1BY
Special 117 100% 38.5%
Halesbury School
Halesowen, B62 9DR
Special 174 100% 42.5%
Castle School
Walsall, WS3 2ED
Special 230 100% 57%
Knowsley Central School
Liverpool, L36 7SY
Special 127 100% 48%
Rodney House School
Manchester, M12 4WF
Special 73 100% 64.4%
Ravenshall School
Dewsbury, WF12 9EE
Special 200 100% 57%
Southgate School
Huddersfield, HD5 8TG
Special 181 100% 51.9%
Woodlawn School
Whitley Bay, NE25 9DL
Special 174 100% 45.4%
Stony Dean School
Amersham, HP7 9JW
Special 213 100% 38.5%
Ellen Tinkham School
Exeter, EX1 3RW
Special 236 100% 47.5%
The Lampard Community School
Barnstaple, EX32 9DD
Special 184 100% 56.5%
Rigby Hall Day Special School
Bromsgrove, B60 2EP
Special 215 100% 36.7%
St Luke's Primary School
Scunthorpe, DN16 1BN
Special 191 100% 40.8%
Fred Nicholson School
Dereham, NR19 1JB
Special 197 100% 54.3%
The Dales School
Blyth, NE24 4RE
Special 212 100% 60.4%
Marshlands School
Stafford, ST16 1PS
Special 173 100% 38.7%
Gosden House School
Guildford, GU5 0AH
Special 125 100% 49.6%
Ellesmere College
Leicester, LE3 2FD
Special 436 100% 46.1%
Oakfield High School and College
Wigan, WN2 4XA
Special 399 100% 48.6%
Bank View High School
Liverpool, L9 6AD
Special 424 100% 57.3%
Chellow Heights Special School
Bradford, BD9 6AL
Special 267 100% 45.7%
Wyre Forest School
Kidderminster, DY11 6FA
Special 372 100% 42.7%
Silverwood School
Devizes, SN10 2QQ
Special 473 100% 38.7%