Elmfield School for Deaf Children

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
Elmfield School for Deaf Children
(Your chosen school)
Special 50 100% 42%
Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children
London, N1C 4BT
Special 34 100% 40%
Chelsea Community Hospital School
London, W10 6EB
Special 108 59.3% 34.3%
Oak Lodge School
London, SW12 8NA
Special 91 100% 65.9%
Blanche Nevile School
London, N10 1NJ
Special 84 100% 42.9%
Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children
Birmingham, B31 1LD
Special 54 100% 66.7%
Braidwood School for the Deaf
Birmingham, B36 8AF
Special 92 100% 68.5%
Priestley Smith School
Birmingham, B42 2PY
Special 89 100% 47.2%
Wirral Hospitals' School
Wirral, CH41 0EZ
Special 4 100% 50%
Thomasson Memorial School
Bolton, BL3 3LA
Special 85 100% 40%
Cann Bridge School
Plymouth, PL6 8EE
Special 115 100% 39.1%
Mill Ford School
Plymouth, PL5 2PY
Special 132 100% 56.8%
Bettridge School
Cheltenham, GL51 3AT
Special 144 100% 38.2%
The Shrubberies School
Stonehouse, GL10 2DG
Special 136 100% 42.6%
Icknield School
Andover, SP11 6LT
Special 94 100% 48.9%
Limington House School
Basingstoke, RG22 6PS
Special 102 100% 34.3%
St Francis Special School
Fareham, PO14 3BN
Special 110 100% 43.6%
Lakeside School
Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6YN
Special 112 100% 32.1%
Breakspeare School
Abbots Langley, WD5 0BU
Special 139 100% 43.2%
Woodfield School
Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8RL
Special 125 100% 36%
Watling View School
St Albans, AL1 2NU
Special 111 100% 34.2%
Heathlands School
St Albans, AL3 5AY
Special 152 100% 32.7%
The Coppice School
Preston, PR5 6GY
Special 66 100% 36.4%
Frank Wise School
Banbury, OX16 9RL
Special 121 100% 39.3%
Fiveways Special School
Yeovil, BA21 5AZ
Special 98 100% 49%
Avalon School
Street, BA16 0PS
Special 73 100% 42.5%
Hillside Special School
Sudbury, CO10 1NN
Special 86 100% 44.2%
Portesbery School
Deepcut, GU16 6TA
Special 144 100% 35.9%
Kingsley High School
Harrow, HA3 6ND
Special 129 100% 41.1%
Royal Cross Primary School
Preston, PR2 1NT
Special 31 100% 51.6%

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
Elmfield School for Deaf Children
(Your chosen school)
Special 50 Sign in to see
Royal Free Hospital Children's School
London, NW3 2QG
Special 76
King's Oak School
London, SE9 5LX
Special 37
Cambridge School
London, W12 0SP
Special 143
Bensham Manor School
Thornton Heath, CR7 7BN
Special 242
The Cedars Primary School
Hounslow, TW5 9RU
Special 66
Melrose School
Mitcham/ Raynes Park, CR4 3BE
Special 128
New Rush Hall School
Ilford, IG6 2LB
Special 91
Abbot's Lea School
Liverpool, L25 6EE
Special 272
Clifford Holroyde Specialist Sen College
Liverpool, L14 7NX
Special 70
Kilgarth School
Birkenhead, CH41 8BA
Special 60
Woodley School and College
Huddersfield, HD5 8JE
Special 182
Southgate School
Huddersfield, HD5 8TG
Special 181
Claremont School
Bristol, BS9 4LR
Special 70
Shorefields School
Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 6HF
Special 162
Glenwood School
Emsworth, PO10 7NN
Special 115
Falconer School
Bushey, WD23 3AT
Special 66
Stone Bay School
Broadstairs, CT10 1EB
Special 112
Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special School
Rossendale, BB4 6RX
Special 102
The Coppice School
Preston, PR5 6GY
Special 66
The Children's Hospital School
Leicester, LE1 5WW
Special 80
The Pilgrim School
Lincoln, LN6 0DE
Special 105
The Dales School
Blyth, NE24 4RE
Special 212
Sunnydown School
Caterham, CR3 5ED
Special 91
Rowan Gate Primary School - Four Sites
Wellingborough, NN8 4NS
Special 296
Hillside Specialist School and College
Preston, PR3 3XB
Special 115
Windlehurst School
Stockport, SK6 7HZ
Special 54
Oakley School
Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4NE
Special 238
Waterside School
London, SE18 7NB
Special 38
Royal Cross Primary School
Preston, PR2 1NT
Special 31