Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College

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.

Choose your own set of schools

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
Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College
(Your chosen school)
Special 157 100% 38.9%
Pens Meadow School
Stourbridge, DY8 5ST
Special 114 100% 41.2%
Reynalds Cross School
Solihull, B92 7ER
Special 143 100% 41.3%
Stanley School
Wirral, CH61 5UE
Special 175 100% 41.7%
Ravenscliffe High School
Halifax, HX3 0RZ
Special 257 100% 40.5%
Ravenswood School
Bristol, BS48 2NN
Special 136 100% 39%
Ridgeway School
Bedford, MK42 7EB
Special 122 100% 35.2%
Hebden Green Community School
Winsford, CW7 4EJ
Special 136 100% 36.8%
Sandgate School
Kendal, LA9 6JG
Special 151 100% 29.1%
Southbrook School
Exeter, EX2 6JB
Special 139 100% 41.7%
Bidwell Brook School
Totnes, TQ9 6JU
Special 153 100% 43.8%
Garston Manor School
Watford, WD25 7HR
Special 163 100% 41.7%
Kings Mill School
Driffield, YO25 6UG
Special 136 100% 53.7%
Broadfield Specialist School
Burnley, BB11 5BT
Special 242 100% 48.3%
Kirkham Pear Tree School
Preston, PR4 2HA
Special 112 100% 39.3%
Mayfield School
Chorley, PR7 3HN
Special 129 100% 38%
The Loyne Specialist School
Lancaster, LA1 2QD
Special 116 100% 40.5%
Oswaldtwistle White Ash School
Accrington, BB5 4QG
Special 116 100% 41.4%
Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School
Blackpool, FY5 4HH
Special 134 100% 52.2%
Hall School
Norwich, NR6 7AD
Special 99 100% 42.4%
Chapel Green School
Old Buckenham, NR17 1RF
Special 179 100% 36.3%
Polden Bower School
Bridgwater, TA6 4GU
Special 247 100% 43.7%
Manor Green College
Crawley, RH11 0DX
Special 210 100% 38.6%
Fordwater School, Chichester
Chichester, PO19 6PP
Special 193 100% 38.9%
West Lancashire Community High School
Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH
Special 164 100% 33.5%
Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)
Melton Mowbray, LE13 1HA
Special 245 100% 38.4%
Granta School
Cambridge, CB21 4NN
Special 182 100% 41.2%
Pendle Community High School & College
Nelson, BB9 8LF
Special 163 100% 49.1%
Sir Tom Finney Community High School
Preston, PR2 6EE
Special 237 100% 46.4%
Acorns Primary School
Preston, PR1 6AU
Special 92 100% 40.2%