The Brier 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
The Brier School
(Your chosen school)
Special 203 100% 38.9%
Bensham Manor School
Thornton Heath, CR7 7BN
Special 242 100% 55.4%
West Lea School
London, N9 9TU
Special 527 100% 54.5%
Cherry Oak School
Birmingham, B29 6PB
Special 112 100% 63.4%
Sutton School
Dudley, DY1 2DU
Special 189 100% 52.9%
Woodsetton School
Dudley, DY3 1BY
Special 117 100% 38.5%
Halesbury School
Halesowen, B62 9DR
Special 174 100% 42.5%
Hazel Oak School
Solihull, B90 2AZ
Special 200 100% 38%
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%
Woodlawn School
Whitley Bay, NE25 9DL
Special 174 100% 45.4%
Westhaven School
Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4UT
Special 185 100% 45.4%
Stony Dean School
Amersham, HP7 9JW
Special 213 100% 38.5%
Booker Park Community School
Aylesbury, HP21 9ET
Special 243 100% 33.3%
Ellen Tinkham School
Exeter, EX1 3RW
Special 236 100% 47.5%
Southbrook School
Exeter, EX2 6JB
Special 139 100% 41.7%
The Lampard Community School
Barnstaple, EX32 9DD
Special 184 100% 56.5%
Riverside Community Special School
Waterlooville, PO7 5QD
Special 151 100% 44.4%
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%
Manor Green College
Crawley, RH11 0DX
Special 210 100% 38.6%
Landgate School, Bryn
Wigan, WN4 0EP
Special 139 100% 51.1%
Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)
Melton Mowbray, LE13 1HA
Special 245 100% 38.4%
Chellow Heights Special School
Bradford, BD9 6AL
Special 267 100% 45.7%
Castle Wood Special School
Coventry, CV2 1FN
Special 166 100% 35.5%