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.
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
School | Type | Number of pupils | Pupils with special educational needs | Pupils eligible for free school meals |
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Woodlands Secondary School
(Your chosen school) |
Special | 263 | 100% | 42.2% |
Mandeville School
Middlesex, UB6 0PA |
Special | 182 | 100% | 34.9% |
Perseid School
Morden, SM4 5LT |
Special | 160 | 100% | 55% |
Oakwood School
Walsall, WS9 9JS |
Special | 245 | 100% | 51.4% |
Palmerston School
Liverpool, L17 6AU |
Special | 174 | 100% | 57.5% |
Redbridge High School
Liverpool, L9 6AD |
Special | 147 | 100% | 51% |
Millstead School
Liverpool, L5 3LU |
Special | 263 | 100% | 52.1% |
Foxfield School
Woodchurch, CH49 5LF |
Special | 212 | 100% | 54.2% |
Richmond Hill School
Luton, LU2 7JL |
Special | 282 | 100% | 35.1% |
Shorefields School
Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 6HF |
Special | 162 | 100% | 54.9% |
Bettridge School
Cheltenham, GL51 3AT |
Special | 144 | 100% | 38.2% |
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% |
Abbey Court Foundation Special School
Rochester, ME2 3SP |
Special | 217 | 100% | 45.6% |
Nether Hall School
Leicester, LE5 1RT |
Special | 136 | 100% | 44.9% |
Sheringham Woodfields School
Sheringham, NR26 8ND |
Special | 158 | 100% | 43% |
Fiveways Special School
Yeovil, BA21 5AZ |
Special | 98 | 100% | 49% |
Hillside Special School
Sudbury, CO10 1NN |
Special | 86 | 100% | 44.2% |
Evergreen School
Warwick, CV34 5DF |
Special | 280 | 100% | 38.9% |
Henry Tyndale School
Farnborough, GU14 8BX |
Special | 172 | 100% | 29.1% |
Harlow Fields School and College
Harlow, CM18 6RN |
Special | 177 | 100% | 27.7% |
Kingsley High School
Harrow, HA3 6ND |
Special | 129 | 100% | 41.1% |
The Livity School
London, SW16 2PW |
Special | 127 | 100% | 54.3% |
Castle School, Cambridge
Cambridge, CB4 2EE |
Special | 235 | 100% | 45.1% |
Riverside School
Orpington, BR5 3HS |
Special | 355 | 100% | 40.3% |
Forest Park School
Southampton, SO40 8DZ |
Special | 143 | 100% | 44.8% |
Keelman's Way School
Hebburn, NE31 1QY |
Special | 175 | 100% | 55.4% |