Southlands 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
Southlands School
(Your chosen school)
Special 146 100% 62.3%
Cambridge School
London, W12 0SP
Special 143 100% 63.6%
Oaktree School
London, N14 4HN
Special 143 100% 53.8%
Shaftesbury High School
Harrow, HA3 6LE
Special 171 100% 44.4%
Fox Hollies School
Birmingham, B13 8QB
Special 112 100% 64.3%
Castle School
Walsall, WS3 2ED
Special 230 100% 57%
Jane Lane School
Walsall, WS2 0JH
Special 188 100% 60.1%
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%
Westhaven School
Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4UT
Special 185 100% 45.4%
Ravenswood School
Bristol, BS48 2NN
Special 136 100% 39%
Pebble Brook School
Aylesbury, HP21 8LZ
Special 172 100% 45.9%
Marshfields School
Peterborough, PE1 4PP
Special 191 100% 54.5%
Winchelsea School
Poole, BH12 4LL
Special 235 100% 43.8%
Yewstock School
Sturminster Newton, DT10 1EW
Special 170 100% 47.6%
Garston Manor School
Watford, WD25 7HR
Special 163 100% 41.7%
St Hugh's Special School
Scunthorpe, DN16 1NB
Special 157 100% 49%
Morecambe Road School
Morecambe, LA3 3AB
Special 221 100% 45.2%
Great Arley School
Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 4HH
Special 107 100% 56.1%
Sidestrand Hall School
Cromer, NR27 0NH
Special 193 100% 48.7%
Fred Nicholson School
Dereham, NR19 1JB
Special 197 100% 54.3%
The Parkside School, Norwich
Norwich, NR2 3JA
Special 189 100% 53.4%
Welburn Hall School
York, YO62 7HQ
Special 112 100% 50%
Cramlington Hillcrest School
Cramlington, NE23 1DY
Special 116 100% 62.1%
Barndale School
Alnwick, NE66 1DQ
Special 90 100% 54.4%
Woodfield School
Redhill, RH1 3PR
Special 198 100% 50%
Hill Top School
Gateshead, NE10 8LT
Special 135 100% 56.3%
Childwall Abbey School
Liverpool, L16 5EY
Special 217 100% 59.4%
Ridgewood Community High School
Burnley, BB10 2AT
Special 190 100% 60%
Stone Hill School
Doncaster, DN5 7UB
Special 166 100% 45.2%