Oak Lodge School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.

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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
Schools we've chosen
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
Schools we've chosen
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