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.
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% |