Swanwick School and Sports 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.

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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
Swanwick School and Sports College
(Your chosen school)
Special 94 100% 53.2%
Shaftesbury High School
Harrow, HA3 6LE
Special 171 100% 44.4%
The Old Park School
Brierley Hill, DY5 2JY
Special 153 100% 49%
Pens Meadow School
Stourbridge, DY8 5ST
Special 114 100% 41.2%
Hazel Oak School
Solihull, B90 2AZ
Special 200 100% 38%
Wood Bank School
Halifax, HX2 6PB
Special 140 100% 52.9%
Highbury School
Brighouse, HD6 3LD
Special 154 100% 39.6%
Stocklake Park Community School
Aylesbury, HP20 1DP
Special 105 99.1% 41.9%
Heritage House School
Chesham, HP5 3BP
Special 135 100% 27.4%
Alfreton Park Community Special School
Alfreton, DE55 7AL
Special 135 100% 54.8%
Oak Lodge School
Southampton, SO45 4RQ
Special 164 100% 43.9%
Garston Manor School
Watford, WD25 7HR
Special 163 100% 41.7%
The Collett School
Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1TQ
Special 128 100% 38.3%
Falconer School
Bushey, WD23 3AT
Special 66 100% 72.7%
St George's School
Newport, PO30 1XW
Special 212 100% 55.2%
Applebee Wood Community Specialist School
Preston, PR5 5SS
Special 169 100% 50%
Kirkham Pear Tree School
Preston, PR4 2HA
Special 112 100% 39.3%
The Loyne Specialist School
Lancaster, LA1 2QD
Special 116 100% 40.5%
Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School
Blackpool, FY5 4HH
Special 134 100% 52.2%
The Lincoln St Christopher's School
Lincoln, LN6 8AR
Special 312 100% 49.4%
Chapel Green School
Old Buckenham, NR17 1RF
Special 179 100% 36.3%
Welburn Hall School
York, YO62 7HQ
Special 112 100% 50%
Springwater School
Harrogate, HG2 7LW
Special 121 100% 38%
St Giles School
Retford, DN22 7NJ
Special 201 100% 43.8%
Avalon School
Street, BA16 0PS
Special 73 100% 42.5%
Hill Top School
Gateshead, NE10 8LT
Special 135 100% 56.3%
Newark Orchard School
Newark, NG24 3AL
Special 169 100% 49.1%
West Gate School
Leicester, LE3 6DG
Special 200 100% 45.5%
Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)
Melton Mowbray, LE13 1HA
Special 245 100% 38.4%
Pendle Community High School & College
Nelson, BB9 8LF
Special 163 100% 49.1%