Elmfield School for Deaf Children

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
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, SW10 9NH
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%