The Ambleside Centre

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Pupils with special educational needs Pupils eligible for free school meals
The Ambleside Centre
(Your chosen school) 		Nursery 56 16.2% 1%
Crosfield Nursery School
London, SE25 5BD 		Nursery 52 16.7% 0%
Rowley View Nursery School
Wednesbury, WS10 7RU 		Nursery 58 12.4% 0%
Millfields Nursery School
Walsall, WS3 3LU 		Nursery 61 16.1% 0%
Windsor Nursery School
Wolverhampton, WV4 6EL 		Nursery 55 17.2% 0%
Oxclose Nursery School
Washington, NE38 0LA 		Nursery 57 10.4% 0%
Cookham Nursery School
Maidenhead, SL6 9BT 		Nursery 65 7.7% 0%
Slough Centre Nursery School
Slough, SL1 3EA 		Nursery 68 20.6% 0%
Lea Nursery School
SLOUGH, SL2 5JW 		Nursery 69 11% 0%
Henry Allen Nursery School
Amersham, HP6 6NW 		Nursery 45 22.4% 0%
Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Warrington Road Nursery School
Widnes, WA8 0BS 		Nursery 54 11.3% 0%
Hindpool Nursery School
Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 5TS 		Nursery 56 19% 0%
Beechdale Nursery School
Consett, DH8 6AY 		Nursery 52 9.8% 0%
Haven Early Years Centre
Gosport, PO13 0QD 		Nursery 63 15.4% 0%
Heath Lane Nursery School
Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1TT 		Nursery 55 13.2% 0%
Kingswood Nursery School
Watford, WD25 0DX 		Nursery 59 15.8% 0%
Beverley Manor Nursery School
Beverley, HU17 7BT 		Nursery 54 14.7% 0%
Northfleet Nursery School
Gravesend, DA11 9JS 		Nursery 67 18.3% 0%
Longshaw Nursery School
Blackburn, BB2 3NF 		Nursery 57 16.8% 0%
Highfield Nursery School
Wellingborough, NN8 4AB 		Nursery 54 11% 0%
Comper Nursery School
Oxford, OX4 3AJ 		Nursery 61 9.8% 1.6%
Grandpont Nursery School
Oxford, OX1 4QH 		Nursery 69 14.5% 0%
Lydalls Nursery School
Didcot, OX11 7HX 		Nursery 60 16.7% 0%
Wheatley Nursery School
Oxford, OX33 1NN 		Nursery 52 19.2% 0%
Whitnash Nursery School
Leamington Spa, CV31 2PW 		Nursery 59 16.9% 0%
Kenilworth Nursery School & Early Years Training Centre
Kenilworth, CV8 1JP 		Nursery 60 18.1% 0%
Warwick Nursery School
Warwick, CV34 4LJ 		Nursery 47 14.4% 0%
The Kingsdown Nursery School, Lincoln
Lincoln, LN6 0FB 		Nursery 52 10.5% 0%
Boston Nursery School
Boston, PE21 0LJ 		Nursery 48 20.3% 0%
Taywood Nursery School
Burnley, BB11 5AE 		Nursery 54 17.8% 0%

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
The Ambleside Centre
(Your chosen school) 		Nursery 56 Sign in to see
Randolph Beresford Early Years Centre
London, W12 7PH 		Nursery 92
St Anne's & Avondale Park Nursery School
London, W11 4EE 		Nursery 40
Clyde Nursery School.
London, SE8 5NH 		Nursery 47
Brookhill Nursery School
Barnet, EN4 8SD 		Nursery 290
Curzon Nursery School & Family Wellbeing Centre
London, NW10 9SD 		Nursery 60
Edith Kerrison Nursery School
London, E16 3PB 		Nursery 82
Thomas Wall Nursery School
Sutton, SM1 2SF 		Nursery 98
Everton Nursery School and Family Centre
Liverpool, L6 2WF 		Nursery 84
Castleway Nursery School
Wirral, CH46 1RN 		Nursery 31
Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre
Wirral, CH49 8HB 		Nursery 134
Collyhurst Nursery School
Manchester, M40 7QD 		Nursery 102
Usworth Colliery Nursery School
Washington, NE37 3BL 		Nursery 59
Hetton Lyons Nursery School
Houghton Le Spring, DH5 0AH 		Nursery 77
Blagdon Nursery School
Reading, RG2 7NT 		Nursery 94
The Lawns Nursery School
Windsor, SL4 3RU 		Nursery 98
Bowerdean Nursery School
High Wycombe, HP13 6AW 		Nursery 98
Haven Early Years Centre
Gosport, PO13 0QD 		Nursery 63
Duke Street Nursery School
Chorley, PR7 3DU 		Nursery 96
Bacup Nursery School
Bacup, OL13 8EF 		Nursery 52
Croyland Nursery School & Day Nursery
WELLINGBOROUGH, NN8 2AX 		Nursery 90
The ACE Centre Nursery School
Chipping Norton, OX7 5DZ 		Nursery 0
Bognor Regis Nursery School
Bognor Regis, PO21 2TB 		Nursery 114
Boundstone Nursery School
Lancing, BN15 9QX 		Nursery 134
Camrose Early Years Centre for Children & Families
Northampton, NN5 7DE 		Nursery 98
Pen Green Centre for Children and Their Families
Corby, NN17 1BJ 		Nursery 145
The Sue Hedley Nursery School
Hebburn, NE31 1QY 		Nursery 63
Guildford Nursery School
Guildford, GU1 1NR 		Nursery 142
Knowle West Early Years Centre
Bristol, BS4 1NN 		Nursery 105
King's Hedges Nursery School
Cambridge, CB4 2HU 		Nursery 21