Shaftesbury High 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
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%