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.
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 |
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Samuel Cody School
(Your chosen school) |
Special | 336 | 100% | 39.3% |
St Nicholas School
Purley, CR8 4DS |
Special | 274 | 100% | 41.6% |
Selly Oak Trust School
Birmingham, B29 6HZ |
Special | 400 | 100% | 59% |
Alt Bridge School
Liverpool, L36 7TA |
Special | 325 | 100% | 65.8% |
Castle Hill High School
Stockport, SK2 5DS |
Special | 341 | 100% | 39.9% |
Westhaven School
Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4UT |
Special | 185 | 100% | 45.4% |
Pebble Brook School
Aylesbury, HP21 8LZ |
Special | 172 | 100% | 45.9% |
Stony Dean School
Amersham, HP7 9JW |
Special | 213 | 100% | 38.5% |
Booker Park Community School
Aylesbury, HP21 9ET |
Special | 243 | 100% | 33.3% |
Mayfield School
Torquay, TQ2 8NH |
Special | 264 | 100% | 51.9% |
Heathfield Special School
Fareham, PO14 3BN |
Special | 141 | 100% | 44.7% |
Garston Manor School
Watford, WD25 7HR |
Special | 163 | 100% | 41.7% |
St George's School
Newport, PO30 1XW |
Special | 212 | 100% | 55.2% |
Morecambe Road School
Morecambe, LA3 3AB |
Special | 221 | 100% | 45.2% |
Sidestrand Hall School
Cromer, NR27 0NH |
Special | 193 | 100% | 48.7% |
The Parkside School, Norwich
Norwich, NR2 3JA |
Special | 189 | 100% | 53.4% |
Collingwood School & Media Arts College
Morpeth, NE61 2HA |
Special | 308 | 100% | 46.4% |
Polden Bower School
Bridgwater, TA6 4GU |
Special | 247 | 100% | 43.7% |
Woodfield School
Redhill, RH1 3PR |
Special | 198 | 100% | 50% |
Exhall Grange Specialist School
Coventry, CV7 9HP |
Special | 275 | 100% | 33.1% |
Manor Green College
Crawley, RH11 0DX |
Special | 210 | 100% | 38.6% |
Oak Grove College
Worthing, BN13 1JX |
Special | 279 | 100% | 47.7% |
Crowdys Hill School
Swindon, SN2 7HJ |
Special | 326 | 100% | 41.1% |
Oakfield High School and College
Wigan, WN2 4XA |
Special | 399 | 100% | 48.6% |
Oakley School
Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4NE |
Special | 238 | 100% | 42.4% |
Bank View High School
Liverpool, L9 6AD |
Special | 424 | 100% | 57.3% |
Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)
Melton Mowbray, LE13 1HA |
Special | 245 | 100% | 38.4% |
West Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre
Pudsey, LS28 6HL |
Special | 287 | 100% | 41.8% |
Sir Tom Finney Community High School
Preston, PR2 6EE |
Special | 237 | 100% | 46.4% |
Woodlands Meed
Burgess Hill, RH15 9EY |
Special | 281 | 100% | 31.7% |