Bidwell Brook 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
Bidwell Brook School
(Your chosen school)
Special 153 100% 43.8%
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%
Archdale School
Sheffield, S2 1PL
Special 94 100% 53.1%
Westhaven School
Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4UT
Special 185 100% 45.4%
Ravenswood School
Bristol, BS48 2NN
Special 136 100% 39%
Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College
Chester, CH2 1HD
Special 157 100% 38.9%
Ellen Tinkham School
Exeter, EX1 3RW
Special 236 100% 47.5%
Southbrook School
Exeter, EX2 6JB
Special 139 100% 41.7%
Pathfield School
Barnstaple, EX31 1JU
Special 190 100% 43.2%
Mayfield School
Torquay, TQ2 8NH
Special 264 100% 51.9%
Yewstock School
Sturminster Newton, DT10 1EW
Special 170 100% 47.6%
Grove Park School
Crowborough, TN6 1BN
Special 143 100% 28.7%
Bettridge School
Cheltenham, GL51 3AT
Special 144 100% 38.2%
Riverside Community Special School
Waterlooville, PO7 5QD
Special 151 100% 44.4%
Heathfield Special School
Fareham, PO14 3BN
Special 141 100% 44.7%
Kings Mill School
Driffield, YO25 6UG
Special 136 100% 53.7%
Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School
Blackpool, FY5 4HH
Special 134 100% 52.2%
Ashmount School
Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
Special 207 100% 45.4%
Nether Hall School
Leicester, LE5 1RT
Special 136 100% 44.9%
Hall School
Norwich, NR6 7AD
Special 99 100% 42.4%
Harford Manor School, Norwich
Norwich, NR2 2LN
Special 106 100% 52.8%
Polden Bower School
Bridgwater, TA6 4GU
Special 247 100% 43.7%
Hollywater School
Bordon, GU35 0HA
Special 144 100% 41.7%
Granta School
Cambridge, CB21 4NN
Special 182 100% 41.2%
Ridgewood Community High School
Burnley, BB10 2AT
Special 190 100% 60%
Seven Hills School
Sheffield, S2 2RJ
Special 249 100% 58.2%
Sir Tom Finney Community High School
Preston, PR2 6EE
Special 237 100% 46.4%
Forest Park School
Southampton, SO40 8DZ
Special 143 100% 44.8%