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 |