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 28 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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Lonsdale School
(Your chosen school) |
Special | 128 | 100% | 38.8% |
Mandeville School
Middlesex, UB6 0PA |
Special | 182 | 100% | 34.9% |
John Chilton School
Northolt, UB5 5LD |
Special | 157 | 100% | 53.5% |
Priestley Smith School
Birmingham, B42 2PY |
Special | 89 | 100% | 47.2% |
Ridgeway School
Bedford, MK42 7EB |
Special | 122 | 100% | 35.2% |
Samuel Pepys School
St Neots, PE19 2EZ |
Special | 124 | 100% | 45.2% |
Hebden Green Community School
Winsford, CW7 4EJ |
Special | 136 | 100% | 36.8% |
Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College
Chester, CH2 1HD |
Special | 157 | 100% | 38.9% |
Woodlands School
Plymouth, PL6 5ES |
Special | 87 | 100% | 26.4% |
Cann Bridge School
Plymouth, PL6 8EE |
Special | 115 | 100% | 39.1% |
The Shrubberies School
Stonehouse, GL10 2DG |
Special | 136 | 100% | 42.6% |
Limington House School
Basingstoke, RG22 6PS |
Special | 102 | 100% | 34.3% |
The Cedar School
Southampton, SO16 0XN |
Special | 90 | 100% | 50% |
Saxon Wood School
Basingstoke, RG24 9NH |
Special | 44 | 100% | 27.3% |
Chadsgrove School
Bromsgrove, B61 0JL |
Special | 138 | 100% | 29.9% |
Lakeside School
Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6YN |
Special | 112 | 100% | 32.1% |
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% |
Amwell View School
Ware, SG12 8EH |
Special | 184 | 100% | 31% |
Meadow Wood School
Bushey, WD23 4NN |
Special | 37 | 100% | 27% |
Valence School
Westerham, TN16 1QN |
Special | 132 | 100% | 28% |
Mayfield School
Chorley, PR7 3HN |
Special | 129 | 100% | 38% |
Sheringham Woodfields School
Sheringham, NR26 8ND |
Special | 158 | 100% | 43% |
The Clare School
Norwich, NR4 7AU |
Special | 128 | 100% | 41.4% |
Frank Wise School
Banbury, OX16 9RL |
Special | 121 | 100% | 39.3% |
Hillside Special School
Sudbury, CO10 1NN |
Special | 86 | 100% | 44.2% |
Sandfield Park School
Liverpool, L12 1LH |
Special | 88 | 100% | 67% |