St Francis Special 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
St Francis Special School
(Your chosen school)
Special 115 100% 44.3%
Perseid School
Morden, SM4 5LT
Special 186 100% 50%
Palmerston School
Liverpool, L17 6AU
Special 184 100% 50%
Chiltern Wood School
High Wycombe, HP12 3NE
Special 228 100% 32.5%
The Redway School
Milton Keynes, MK6 4HG
Special 184 100% 41.4%
Dee Banks School
Chester, CH3 5UX
Special 141 100% 47.5%
Pathfield School
Barnstaple, EX31 1JU
Special 183 100% 49.2%
Cann Bridge School
Plymouth, PL6 8EE
Special 111 100% 39.6%
Bettridge School
Cheltenham, GL51 3AT
Special 145 100% 40%
The Shrubberies School
Stonehouse, GL10 2DG
Special 140 100% 47.9%
Icknield School
Andover, SP11 6LT
Special 93 100% 48.4%
Limington House School
Basingstoke, RG22 6PS
Special 103 100% 35.9%
Breakspeare School
Abbots Langley, WD5 0BU
Special 157 100% 40.8%
Woodfield School
Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8RL
Special 125 100% 37.6%
Watling View School
St Albans, AL1 2NU
Special 115 100% 37.4%
Abbey Court Foundation Special School
Rochester, ME2 3SP
Special 236 100% 46.2%
Sheringham Woodfields School
Sheringham, NR26 8ND
Special 160 100% 44.4%
Ash Lea School
Cotgrave, NG12 3PA
Special 104 100% 39.4%
Frank Wise School
Banbury, OX16 9RL
Special 119 100% 37.8%
Hillside Special School
Sudbury, CO10 1NN
Special 89 100% 47.2%
Portesbery School
Deepcut, GU16 6TA
Special 145 100% 37.2%
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, Horsham
Horsham, RH13 5NW
Special 138 100% 25%
Herons Dale School
Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6TN
Special 146 100% 33.6%
Hollywater School
Bordon, GU35 0HA
Special 160 100% 40%
Henry Tyndale School
Farnborough, GU14 8BX
Special 178 100% 27%
The Orchard School
Oldbury, B68 8LD
Special 173 100% 53.2%
Kingsley High School
Harrow, HA3 6ND
Special 134 100% 41%
The Livity School
London, SW16 2PW
Special 131 100% 58%
Forest Park School
Southampton, SO40 8DZ
Special 147 100% 47.6%
Keelman's Way School
Hebburn, NE31 1QY
Special 194 100% 55.7%