Woodlands Secondary 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
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%