Schools we chose for benchmarking
These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.
Running cost categories
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
 
| School | Type | Number of pupils | Pupils with special educational needs | Pupils eligible for free school meals | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                Shaftesbury High School
                                 (Your chosen school)  | 
                            Special | 171 | 100% | 44.4% | 
| 
                                St Nicholas School
                                 Purley, CR8 4DS  | 
                            Special | 274 | 100% | 41.6% | 
| 
                                Meadow High School
                                 Uxbridge, UB8 3QU  | 
                            Special | 285 | 100% | 43.9% | 
| 
                                Hazel Oak School
                                 Solihull, B90 2AZ  | 
                            Special | 200 | 100% | 38% | 
| 
                                Highbury School
                                 Brighouse, HD6 3LD  | 
                            Special | 154 | 100% | 39.6% | 
| 
                                Bamburgh School
                                 South Shields, NE34 7TD  | 
                            Special | 222 | 100% | 54.5% | 
| 
                                Epinay Business and Enterprise School
                                 South Shields, NE34 8BT  | 
                            Special | 209 | 100% | 57.6% | 
| 
                                Ravenswood School
                                 Bristol, BS48 2NN  | 
                            Special | 136 | 100% | 39% | 
| 
                                The Castle School
                                 Newbury, RG14 2JG  | 
                            Special | 199 | 100% | 43.2% | 
| 
                                Stocklake Park Community School
                                 Aylesbury, HP20 1DP  | 
                            Special | 105 | 99.1% | 41.9% | 
| 
                                Winchelsea School
                                 Poole, BH12 4LL  | 
                            Special | 235 | 100% | 43.8% | 
| 
                                Heathfield Special School
                                 Fareham, PO14 3BN  | 
                            Special | 141 | 100% | 44.7% | 
| 
                                Oak Lodge School
                                 Southampton, SO45 4RQ  | 
                            Special | 164 | 100% | 43.9% | 
| 
                                Garston Manor School
                                 Watford, WD25 7HR  | 
                            Special | 163 | 100% | 41.7% | 
| 
                                The Collett School
                                 Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1TQ  | 
                            Special | 128 | 100% | 38.3% | 
| 
                                St Hugh's Special School
                                 Scunthorpe, DN16 1NB  | 
                            Special | 157 | 100% | 49% | 
| 
                                Morecambe Road School
                                 Morecambe, LA3 3AB  | 
                            Special | 221 | 100% | 45.2% | 
| 
                                Applebee Wood Community Specialist School
                                 Preston, PR5 5SS  | 
                            Special | 169 | 100% | 50% | 
| 
                                Broadfield Specialist School
                                 Burnley, BB11 5BT  | 
                            Special | 242 | 100% | 48.3% | 
| 
                                Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School
                                 Blackpool, FY5 4HH  | 
                            Special | 134 | 100% | 52.2% | 
| 
                                Chapel Green School
                                 Old Buckenham, NR17 1RF  | 
                            Special | 179 | 100% | 36.3% | 
| 
                                Haughton School
                                 Telford, TF7 4BW  | 
                            Special | 193 | 100% | 45.1% | 
| 
                                Fairmead School
                                 Yeovil, BA21 4NZ  | 
                            Special | 150 | 100% | 44% | 
| 
                                Manor Green College
                                 Crawley, RH11 0DX  | 
                            Special | 210 | 100% | 38.6% | 
| 
                                Hill Top School
                                 Gateshead, NE10 8LT  | 
                            Special | 135 | 100% | 56.3% | 
| 
                                Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)
                                 Melton Mowbray, LE13 1HA  | 
                            Special | 245 | 100% | 38.4% | 
| 
                                Granta School
                                 Cambridge, CB21 4NN  | 
                            Special | 182 | 100% | 41.2% | 
| 
                                Pendle Community High School & College
                                 Nelson, BB9 8LF  | 
                            Special | 163 | 100% | 49.1% | 
| 
                                Sir Tom Finney Community High School
                                 Preston, PR2 6EE  | 
                            Special | 237 | 100% | 46.4% | 
| 
                                Stone Hill School
                                 Doncaster, DN5 7UB  | 
                            Special | 166 | 100% | 45.2% | 
Building cost categories
We've chosen 30 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
 
| School | Type | Number of pupils | Gross internal floor area | Average age of buildings | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                Shaftesbury High School
                                 (Your chosen school)  | 
                            Special | 171 | Sign in to see | |
| 
                                Beormund Primary School
                                 London, SE1 3PS  | 
                            Special | 29 | ||
| 
                                Oak Lodge School
                                 London, SW12 8NA  | 
                            Special | 91 | ||
| 
                                St Ann's School
                                 London, W7 3JP  | 
                            Special | 124 | ||
| 
                                West Lea School
                                 London, N9 9TU  | 
                            Special | 527 | ||
| 
                                Corbets Tey School
                                 Upminster, RM14 2YQ  | 
                            Special | 158 | ||
| 
                                Sutton School
                                 Dudley, DY1 2DU  | 
                            Special | 189 | ||
| 
                                Castle School
                                 Walsall, WS3 2ED  | 
                            Special | 230 | ||
| 
                                Elleray Park School
                                 Wallasey, CH45 0LH  | 
                            Special | 215 | ||
| 
                                Wirral Hospitals' School
                                 Wirral, CH41 0EZ  | 
                            Special | 4 | ||
| 
                                Lancasterian School
                                 Manchester, M20 2XA  | 
                            Special | 187 | ||
| 
                                John Jamieson School
                                 Leeds, LS8 2PW  | 
                            Special | 442 | ||
| 
                                Westhaven School
                                 Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4UT  | 
                            Special | 185 | ||
| 
                                Heritage House School
                                 Chesham, HP5 3BP  | 
                            Special | 135 | ||
| 
                                Longcause Community Special School
                                 Plymouth, PL7 1JB  | 
                            Special | 111 | ||
| 
                                Rigby Hall Day Special School
                                 Bromsgrove, B60 2EP  | 
                            Special | 215 | ||
| 
                                Chadsgrove School
                                 Bromsgrove, B61 0JL  | 
                            Special | 138 | ||
| 
                                St Luke's School
                                 St Albans, AL3 7ET  | 
                            Special | 178 | ||
| 
                                Amwell View School
                                 Ware, SG12 8EH  | 
                            Special | 184 | ||
| 
                                Greenside School
                                 Stevenage, SG2 9XS  | 
                            Special | 190 | ||
| 
                                St Anthony's School
                                 Margate, CT9 3RA  | 
                            Special | 108 | ||
| 
                                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 Clare School
                                 Norwich, NR4 7AU  | 
                            Special | 128 | ||
| 
                                Fairfields School
                                 Northampton, NN2 6JN  | 
                            Special | 125 | ||
| 
                                Frank Wise School
                                 Banbury, OX16 9RL  | 
                            Special | 121 | ||
| 
                                Downland School
                                 Devizes, SN10 5EF  | 
                            Special | 88 | ||
| 
                                Ashgate Specialist Support Primary School
                                 Manchester, M22 5DR  | 
                            Special | 156 | ||
| 
                                Elmwood School
                                 Walsall, WS4 1EG  | 
                            Special | 83 | ||