Alderman Knight 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
Alderman Knight School
(Your chosen school)
Special 242 100% 32.6%
Little Heath School
Romford, RM6 5RX
Special 236 100% 40.3%
Hazel Oak School
Solihull, B90 2AZ
Special 200 100% 38%
Highbury School
Brighouse, HD6 3LD
Special 154 100% 39.6%
Warmley Park School
Bristol, BS30 8XL
Special 170 100% 28.8%
Westhaven School
Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4UT
Special 185 100% 45.4%
Ravenswood School
Bristol, BS48 2NN
Special 136 100% 39%
Ivel Valley School & College
Biggleswade, SG18 0NL
Special 259 100% 39%
Stony Dean School
Amersham, HP7 9JW
Special 213 100% 38.5%
Furze Down School
Buckingham, MK18 3BL
Special 219 100% 32.9%
Booker Park Community School
Aylesbury, HP21 9ET
Special 243 100% 33.3%
Sandgate School
Kendal, LA9 6JG
Special 151 100% 29.1%
Brackenfield Special School
Nottingham, NG10 4DA
Special 206 100% 45.6%
Ellen Tinkham School
Exeter, EX1 3RW
Special 236 100% 47.5%
Winchelsea School
Poole, BH12 4LL
Special 235 100% 43.8%
Garston Manor School
Watford, WD25 7HR
Special 163 100% 41.7%
Northcott School and Sixth Form College
Hull, HU7 4EL
Special 183 100% 47.5%
Chorley Astley Park School
Chorley, PR7 1JZ
Special 164 100% 32.3%
Chapel Green School
Old Buckenham, NR17 1RF
Special 179 100% 36.3%
Cleaswell Hill School
Choppington, NE62 5DJ
Special 251 100% 50.6%
Polden Bower School
Bridgwater, TA6 4GU
Special 247 100% 43.7%
Exhall Grange Specialist School
Coventry, CV7 9HP
Special 275 100% 33.1%
St Anthony's School
Chichester, PO19 5PA
Special 240 100% 41.3%
Manor Green College
Crawley, RH11 0DX
Special 210 100% 38.6%
Manor Green Primary School
Crawley, RH11 0DU
Special 214 100% 31.9%
Crowdys Hill School
Swindon, SN2 7HJ
Special 326 100% 41.1%
West Gate School
Leicester, LE3 6DG
Special 200 100% 45.5%
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%
Woodlands Meed
Burgess Hill, RH15 9EY
Special 281 100% 31.7%