Hope School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.

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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
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Pupils with special educational needs Pupils eligible for free school meals
Hope School
(Your chosen school)
Special 235 100% 35.3%
Marlborough School
Sidcup, DA15 9DP
Special 88 100% 34.1%
Bluebell Park School
Liverpool, L32 3XP
Special 225 100% 56.6%
Stanley School
Wirral, CH61 5UE
Special 175 100% 41.7%
Woolley Wood School
Sheffield, S5 9QN
Special 102 100% 50%
Ravenscliffe High School
Halifax, HX3 0RZ
Special 257 100% 40.5%
Baytree School
Weston-super-Mare, BS24 7DX
Special 119 100% 32.8%
Woodlands Secondary School
Luton, LU3 3SP
Special 263 100% 42.2%
Lady Zia Wernher School
Luton, LU2 9AY
Special 240 100% 29.8%
The Redway School
Milton Keynes, MK6 4HG
Special 179 100% 40.2%
Hebden Green Community School
Winsford, CW7 4EJ
Special 136 100% 36.8%
Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College
Chester, CH2 1HD
Special 157 100% 38.9%
Kirkleatham Hall School
Redcar, TS10 4QR
Special 204 100% 50.5%
Sandgate School
Kendal, LA9 6JG
Special 151 100% 29.1%
Pathfield School
Barnstaple, EX31 1JU
Special 190 100% 43.2%
Bidwell Brook School
Totnes, TQ9 6JU
Special 153 100% 43.8%
Glenwood School
Benfleet, SS7 4LW
Special 248 100% 29.8%
Bettridge School
Cheltenham, GL51 3AT
Special 144 100% 38.2%
Greenside School
Stevenage, SG2 9XS
Special 190 100% 34.2%
Kirkham Pear Tree School
Preston, PR4 2HA
Special 112 100% 39.3%
Mayfield School
Chorley, PR7 3HN
Special 129 100% 38%
Sheringham Woodfields School
Sheringham, NR26 8ND
Special 158 100% 43%
Polden Bower School
Bridgwater, TA6 4GU
Special 247 100% 43.7%
Fiveways Special School
Yeovil, BA21 5AZ
Special 98 100% 49%
Beacon Hill School
North Tyneside, NE28 9JW
Special 240 99.6% 50%
Henry Tyndale School
Farnborough, GU14 8BX
Special 172 100% 29.1%
Newfield School
Blackburn, BB1 2PW
Special 235 100% 43%
Granta School
Cambridge, CB21 4NN
Special 182 100% 41.2%
Castle School, Cambridge
Cambridge, CB4 2EE
Special 235 100% 45.1%
Sir Tom Finney Community High School
Preston, PR2 6EE
Special 237 100% 46.4%

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
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Gross internal floor area Average age of buildings
Hope School
(Your chosen school)
Special 235 Sign in to see
Bradstow School
Broadstairs, CT10 1BY
Special 29
Paddock School
London, SW15 5RT
Special 220
West Lea School
London, N9 9TU
Special 527
Victoria School
Birmingham, B31 1LD
Special 224
Selly Oak Trust School
Birmingham, B29 6HZ
Special 400
Sherbourne Fields School
Coventry, CV6 1PR
Special 261
Alt Bridge School
Liverpool, L36 7TA
Special 325
Castle Hill High School
Stockport, SK2 5DS
Special 341
Woolley Wood School
Sheffield, S5 9QN
Special 102
Ravenscliffe High School
Halifax, HX3 0RZ
Special 257
Highfield School
Ossett, WF5 9BS
Special 208
The Castle School
Newbury, RG14 2JG
Special 199
Hebden Green Community School
Winsford, CW7 4EJ
Special 136
Archers Brook SEMH Residential School
Ellesmere Port, CH66 2NA
Special 99
Ellen Tinkham School
Exeter, EX1 3RW
Special 236
Beaucroft Foundation School
Wimborne, BH21 2SS
Special 231
Hill Park School
Brighton, BN41 2FU
Special 264
Northcott School and Sixth Form College
Hull, HU7 4EL
Special 183
Great Arley School
Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 4HH
Special 107
Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School
Blackpool, FY5 4HH
Special 134
The St Francis Special School, Lincoln
Lincoln, LN1 3TJ
Special 177
Collingwood School & Media Arts College
Morpeth, NE61 2HA
Special 308
Kingsbury Primary Special School
Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH
Special 133
Marland School
Torrington, EX38 8QQ
Special 160
Woodfield
Coventry, CV4 7AB
Special 160
Harlow Fields School and College
Harlow, CM18 6RN
Special 177
Hadrian School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 6PY
Special 177
Kingsland Primary School
Wakefield, WF3 4BA
Special 201
Applefields School
York, YO31 0LW
Special 224