Willow Bank 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.

Choose your own set of schools

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
Willow Bank School
(Your chosen school)
Special 70 100% 70%
King's Oak School
London, SE9 5LX
Special 39 100% 61.5%
New Woodlands School
Bromley, BR1 5PD
Special 101 100% 80.2%
Bowden House School
Seaford, BN25 2JB
Special 39 100% 66.7%
Lindsworth School
Birmingham, B30 3QA
Special 149 100% 80.5%
Woolton High School
Liverpool, L25 6JA
Special 79 100% 65.8%
Clifford Holroyde Sen College
Liverpool, L14 7NX
Special 75 100% 89.3%
Newfield School
Liverpool, L23 4TG
Special 129 100% 73.6%
Kilgarth School
Birkenhead, CH41 8BA
Special 63 100% 87.3%
Gilbrook School
CH49 8HE
Special 60 100% 80%
Cloughside College
Manchester, M25 3BL
Special 35 100% 5.9%
Oak Haven School
Heywood, OL10 3PY
Special 98 100% 62.2%
Furrowfield School
Gateshead, NE10 9RZ
Special 101 100% 74.3%
Woolston Brook School
Warrington, WA1 4JL
Special 73 100% 76.7%
Archers Brook SEMH School
Ellesmere Port, CH66 2NA
Special 118 100% 63.6%
Walworth School
Newton Aycliffe, DL5 7LP
Special 90 100% 83.3%
Lakeside School
Eastleigh, SO53 2DW
Special 97 100% 64.9%
The Waterloo School
Waterlooville, PO7 7JJ
Special 72 100% 80.6%
Moorbrook School
Preston, PR2 3DB
Special 84 100% 63.1%
Brookfield School
Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7HE
Special 93 100% 53.8%
Egerton High School
Manchester, M41 7FZ
Special 69 100% 23.2%
Windlehurst School
Stockport, SK6 7HZ
Special 65 100% 69.2%
Willow Grove Primary School
Wigan, WN4 8XF
Special 68 100% 52.9%
Eslington Primary School
Gateshead, NE8 2EP
Special 81 100% 70.5%
Waterside School
London, SE18 7NB
Special 45 100% 77.8%
Hope School
Liverpool, L25 2RY
Special 68 100% 67.6%
Prospect School
Havant, PO9 4AQ
Special 87 100% 66.7%
The Rose School
Burnley, BB11 4DT
Special 88 100% 76.1%
Park View School
South Shields, NE34 0QA
Special 59 100% 67.8%
Newbridge Learning Community
Wigan, WN2 3TL
Special 83 100% 74.7%