Schools we chose for benchmarking
These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.
Running cost categories
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
School | Type | Number of pupils | Pupils with special educational needs | Pupils eligible for free school meals |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oak Lodge School
(Your chosen school) |
Special | 164 | 100% | 43.9% |
Shaftesbury High School
Harrow, HA3 6LE |
Special | 171 | 100% | 44.4% |
Hazel Oak School
Solihull, B90 2AZ |
Special | 200 | 100% | 38% |
Highbury School
Brighouse, HD6 3LD |
Special | 154 | 100% | 39.6% |
Epinay Business and Enterprise School
South Shields, NE34 8BT |
Special | 209 | 100% | 57.6% |
The Castle School
Newbury, RG14 2JG |
Special | 199 | 100% | 43.2% |
Stocklake Park Community School
Aylesbury, HP20 1DP |
Special | 105 | 99.1% | 41.9% |
Greenbank School
Northwich, CW8 1LD |
Special | 121 | 100% | 41.3% |
Swanwick School and Sports College
Alfreton, DE55 1AR |
Special | 94 | 100% | 53.2% |
Garston Manor School
Watford, WD25 7HR |
Special | 163 | 100% | 41.7% |
The Collett School
Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1TQ |
Special | 128 | 100% | 38.3% |
St Hugh's Special School
Scunthorpe, DN16 1NB |
Special | 157 | 100% | 49% |
Applebee Wood Community Specialist School
Preston, PR5 5SS |
Special | 169 | 100% | 50% |
The Loyne Specialist School
Lancaster, LA1 2QD |
Special | 116 | 100% | 40.5% |
Chapel Green School
Old Buckenham, NR17 1RF |
Special | 179 | 100% | 36.3% |
St Giles School
Retford, DN22 7NJ |
Special | 201 | 100% | 43.8% |
John Watson School
Oxford, OX33 1NN |
Special | 113 | 100% | 29.2% |
Manor Green College
Crawley, RH11 0DX |
Special | 210 | 100% | 38.6% |
Palatine Primary School
Worthing, BN12 6JP |
Special | 223 | 100% | 33.2% |
Fordwater School, Chichester
Chichester, PO19 6PP |
Special | 193 | 100% | 38.9% |
Hill Top School
Gateshead, NE10 8LT |
Special | 135 | 100% | 56.3% |
Newark Orchard School
Newark, NG24 3AL |
Special | 169 | 100% | 49.1% |
Mill Green School
St Helens, WA9 1BU |
Special | 151 | 100% | 42.4% |
West Gate School
Leicester, LE3 6DG |
Special | 200 | 100% | 45.5% |
West Lancashire Community High School
Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH |
Special | 164 | 100% | 33.5% |
Oakley School
Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4NE |
Special | 238 | 100% | 42.4% |
Childwall Abbey School
Liverpool, L16 5EY |
Special | 217 | 100% | 59.4% |
Granta School
Cambridge, CB21 4NN |
Special | 182 | 100% | 41.2% |
Newlands School
Manchester, M24 6JG |
Special | 132 | 100% | 42.4% |
Stone Hill School
Doncaster, DN5 7UB |
Special | 166 | 100% | 45.2% |
Building cost categories
We've chosen 30 similar schools to benchmark this school against building cost categories, which includes utilities, cleaning and maintenance.
How we chose these schools
We chose these schools based on:
- school phase or type
- region
- gross internal floor area
- average age of buildings
- whether they are a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) school
School | Type | Number of pupils | Gross internal floor area | Average age of buildings |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oak Lodge School
(Your chosen school) |
Special | 164 | Sign in to see | |
Woodlane High School
London, W12 0TN |
Special | 106 | ||
Jack Tizard School
London, W12 7PA |
Special | 73 | ||
Little Heath School
Romford, RM6 5RX |
Special | 236 | ||
Newfield School
Liverpool, L23 4TG |
Special | 129 | ||
Oakdale School
Dukinfield, SK16 5LD |
Special | 169 | ||
Furrowfield School
Gateshead, NE10 9RZ |
Special | 90 | ||
Samuel Pepys School
St Neots, PE19 2EZ |
Special | 124 | ||
Brook Green Centre for Learning
Plymouth, PL5 4DZ |
Special | 106 | ||
Villa Real School
Consett, DH8 6BH |
Special | 119 | ||
Icknield School
Andover, SP11 6LT |
Special | 94 | ||
Wolverdene Special School
Andover, SP10 2AF |
Special | 56 | ||
The Mark Way School
Andover, SP10 1HR |
Special | 118 | ||
Woodfield School
Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8RL |
Special | 125 | ||
Meadow Wood School
Bushey, WD23 4NN |
Special | 37 | ||
St Luke's Primary School
Scunthorpe, DN16 1BN |
Special | 191 | ||
Riverside Special School
Goole, DN14 5JS |
Special | 140 | ||
Goldwyn School
Ashford, TN23 3BT |
Special | 204 | ||
Elms School
Dover, CT17 9PS |
Special | 138 | ||
Kirkham Pear Tree School
Preston, PR4 2HA |
Special | 112 | ||
The Loyne Specialist School
Lancaster, LA1 2QD |
Special | 116 | ||
Fairmead School
Yeovil, BA21 4NZ |
Special | 150 | ||
Palatine Primary School
Worthing, BN12 6JP |
Special | 223 | ||
Herons Dale School
Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6TN |
Special | 145 | ||
Cornfield School, Littlehampton
Littlehampton, BN17 6HY |
Special | 79 | ||
Hollywater School
Bordon, GU35 0HA |
Special | 144 | ||
Athena School
Lincoln, LN5 8EL |
Special | 118 | ||
Henry Tyndale School
Farnborough, GU14 8BX |
Special | 172 | ||
Belmont Park School
London, E10 6DB |
Special | 58 | ||
Prospect School
Havant, PO9 4AQ |
Special | 85 |