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 110 100% 43.6%
Cherry Garden School
London, SE15 5BB
Special 94 100% 57.4%
Mandeville School
Middlesex, UB6 0PA
Special 182 100% 34.9%
Perseid School
Morden, SM4 5LT
Special 160 100% 55%
Palmerston School
Liverpool, L17 6AU
Special 174 100% 57.5%
Redbridge High School
Liverpool, L9 6AD
Special 147 100% 51%
Woodlands Secondary School
Luton, LU3 3SP
Special 263 100% 42.2%
The Redway School
Milton Keynes, MK6 4HG
Special 179 100% 40.2%
Bettridge School
Cheltenham, GL51 3AT
Special 144 100% 38.2%
Icknield School
Andover, SP11 6LT
Special 94 100% 48.9%
Limington House School
Basingstoke, RG22 6PS
Special 102 100% 34.3%
Breakspeare School
Abbots Langley, WD5 0BU
Special 139 100% 43.2%
Woodfield School
Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8RL
Special 125 100% 36%
Watling View School
St Albans, AL1 2NU
Special 111 100% 34.2%
Medina House School
Newport Isle of Wight, PO30 2HS
Special 138 100% 34.1%
Abbey Court Foundation Special School
Rochester, ME2 3SP
Special 217 100% 45.6%
Nether Hall School
Leicester, LE5 1RT
Special 136 100% 44.9%
The Grove Special School
Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 2EN
Special 52 100% 26.9%
Frank Wise School
Banbury, OX16 9RL
Special 121 100% 39.3%
Fiveways Special School
Yeovil, BA21 5AZ
Special 98 100% 49%
Hillside Special School
Sudbury, CO10 1NN
Special 86 100% 44.2%
Woodlands School
Leatherhead, KT22 8RY
Special 106 100% 23.4%
Portesbery School
Deepcut, GU16 6TA
Special 144 100% 35.9%
Herons Dale School
Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6TN
Special 145 100% 32.4%
Hollywater School
Bordon, GU35 0HA
Special 144 100% 41.7%
Henry Tyndale School
Farnborough, GU14 8BX
Special 172 100% 29.1%
Kingsley High School
Harrow, HA3 6ND
Special 129 100% 41.1%
The Livity School
London, SW16 2PW
Special 127 100% 54.3%
Forest Park School
Southampton, SO40 8DZ
Special 143 100% 44.8%
Keelman's Way School
Hebburn, NE31 1QY
Special 175 100% 55.4%