Watling View 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
Watling View School
(Your chosen school)
Special 111 100% 34.2%
Chelsea Community Hospital School
London, SW10 9NH
Special 108 59.3% 34.3%
Mandeville School
Middlesex, UB6 0PA
Special 182 100% 34.9%
Corbets Tey School
Upminster, RM14 2YQ
Special 158 100% 31.6%
Oakwood School
Walsall, WS9 9JS
Special 245 100% 51.4%
Palmerston School
Liverpool, L17 6AU
Special 174 100% 57.5%
Redbridge High School
Liverpool, L9 6AD
Special 147 100% 51%
Richmond Hill School
Luton, LU2 7JL
Special 282 100% 35.1%
Woodlands Secondary School
Luton, LU3 3SP
Special 263 100% 42.2%
Samuel Pepys School
St Neots, PE19 2EZ
Special 124 100% 45.2%
Cann Bridge School
Plymouth, PL6 8EE
Special 115 100% 39.1%
The Shrubberies School
Stonehouse, GL10 2DG
Special 136 100% 42.6%
Icknield School
Andover, SP11 6LT
Special 94 100% 48.9%
Limington House School
Basingstoke, RG22 6PS
Special 102 100% 34.3%
St Francis Special School
Fareham, PO14 3BN
Special 110 100% 43.6%
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%
Amwell View School
Ware, SG12 8EH
Special 184 100% 31%
St Anne's School and Sixth Form College
Hessle, HU13 9AR
Special 155 100% 32.9%
Abbey Court Foundation Special School
Rochester, ME2 3SP
Special 217 100% 45.6%
Sheringham Woodfields School
Sheringham, NR26 8ND
Special 158 100% 43%
Frank Wise School
Banbury, OX16 9RL
Special 121 100% 39.3%
Hillside Special School
Sudbury, CO10 1NN
Special 86 100% 44.2%
Portesbery School
Deepcut, GU16 6TA
Special 144 100% 35.9%
Herons Dale School
Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6TN
Special 145 100% 32.4%
Henry Tyndale School
Farnborough, GU14 8BX
Special 172 100% 29.1%
Harlow Fields School and College
Harlow, CM18 6RN
Special 177 100% 27.7%
Kingsley High School
Harrow, HA3 6ND
Special 129 100% 41.1%
Keelman's Way School
Hebburn, NE31 1QY
Special 175 100% 55.4%

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
Watling View School
(Your chosen school)
Special 111 Sign in to see
Turney Primary and Secondary Special School
London, SE21 8LX
Special 151
Mapledown School
London, NW2 1TR
Special 114
Marlborough School
Sidcup, DA15 9DP
Special 88
Oaktree School
London, N14 4HN
Special 143
Hamilton School
Birmingham, B21 8AH
Special 172
Old Hall School
Walsall, WS2 7LU
Special 109
Knowsley Central School
Liverpool, L36 7SY
Special 127
Presfield High School and Specialist College
Southport, PR9 8PA
Special 131
Archdale School
Sheffield, S2 1PL
Special 94
Southlands School
North Shields, NE30 2QR
Special 146
Ravenswood School
Bristol, BS48 2NN
Special 136
Stocklake Park Community School
Aylesbury, HP20 1DP
Special 105
Dee Banks School
Chester, CH3 5UX
Special 140
Baycroft School
Fareham, PO14 2AE
Special 199
Colnbrook School
Watford, WD19 7UY
Special 129
Batchwood School
St Albans, AL3 5RP
Special 111
Medina House School
Newport Isle of Wight, PO30 2HS
Special 138
Woodlands School
Blackpool, FY3 9HF
Special 108
Morecambe Road School
Morecambe, LA3 3AB
Special 221
Chorley Astley Park School
Chorley, PR7 1JZ
Special 164
Hall School
Norwich, NR6 7AD
Special 99
Springwater School
Harrogate, HG2 7LW
Special 121
Hednesford Valley High School
Hednesford, WS12 4JS
Special 191
Hillside Special School
Sudbury, CO10 1NN
Special 86
Fordwater School, Chichester
Chichester, PO19 6PP
Special 193
The Observatory School
Prenton, CH43 7QT
Special 167
West Lancashire Community High School
Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH
Special 164
Westfield School
Bourne End, SL8 5BE
Special 80
Eslington Primary School
Gateshead, NE8 2EP
Special 69