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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Hugh's Special School (Your chosen school) | Special | 157 | 100% | 49% | 
| Riverside School London, N22 5QJ | Special | 173 | 100% | 59.5% | 
| Fox Hollies School Birmingham, B13 8QB | Special | 112 | 100% | 64.3% | 
| Langley School Sutton Coldfield, B75 6TJ | Special | 131 | 100% | 51.9% | 
| Talbot Specialist School Sheffield, S8 9JP | Special | 234 | 100% | 55.6% | 
| Broomfield South SILC Leeds, LS10 3JP | Special | 272 | 100% | 55.5% | 
| Epinay Business and Enterprise School South Shields, NE34 8BT | Special | 209 | 100% | 57.6% | 
| Ravenswood School Bristol, BS48 2NN | Special | 136 | 100% | 39% | 
| The Castle School Newbury, RG14 2JG | Special | 199 | 100% | 43.2% | 
| Stocklake Park Community School Aylesbury, HP20 1DP | Special | 105 | 99.1% | 41.9% | 
| Winchelsea School Poole, BH12 4LL | Special | 235 | 100% | 43.8% | 
| Yewstock School Sturminster Newton, DT10 1EW | Special | 170 | 100% | 47.6% | 
| Morecambe Road School Morecambe, LA3 3AB | Special | 221 | 100% | 45.2% | 
| Applebee Wood Community Specialist School Preston, PR5 5SS | Special | 169 | 100% | 50% | 
| Broadfield Specialist School Burnley, BB11 5BT | Special | 242 | 100% | 48.3% | 
| Oswaldtwistle White Ash School Accrington, BB5 4QG | Special | 116 | 100% | 41.4% | 
| Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School Blackpool, FY5 4HH | Special | 134 | 100% | 52.2% | 
| Brooklands School Skipton, BD23 2DB | Special | 108 | 100% | 36.1% | 
| Haughton School Telford, TF7 4BW | Special | 193 | 100% | 45.1% | 
| Fairmead School Yeovil, BA21 4NZ | Special | 150 | 100% | 44% | 
| Palatine Primary School Worthing, BN12 6JP | Special | 223 | 100% | 33.2% | 
| 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 Lancashire Community High School Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH | Special | 164 | 100% | 33.5% | 
| Oakley School Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4NE | Special | 238 | 100% | 42.4% | 
| Applefields School York, YO31 0LW | Special | 224 | 100% | 35.7% | 
| Ridgewood Community High School Burnley, BB10 2AT | Special | 190 | 100% | 60% | 
| 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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Hugh's Special School (Your chosen school) | Special | 157 | Sign in to see | |
| Belvue School Northolt, UB5 6AG | Special | 230 | ||
| Castlebar School London, W13 0DH | Special | 184 | ||
| Hedgewood School Hayes, UB4 8NF | Special | 189 | ||
| Little Heath School Romford, RM6 5RX | Special | 236 | ||
| Pens Meadow School Stourbridge, DY8 5ST | Special | 114 | ||
| Oakdale School Dukinfield, SK16 5LD | Special | 169 | ||
| Mossbrook School Sheffield, S8 8JR | Special | 176 | ||
| Ravenshall School Dewsbury, WF12 9EE | Special | 200 | ||
| Broomfield South SILC Leeds, LS10 3JP | Special | 272 | ||
| Furrowfield School Gateshead, NE10 9RZ | Special | 90 | ||
| The Redway School Milton Keynes, MK6 4HG | Special | 179 | ||
| Marshfields School Peterborough, PE1 4PP | Special | 191 | ||
| Samuel Pepys School St Neots, PE19 2EZ | Special | 124 | ||
| Oaklands School Winsford, CW7 1NU | Special | 172 | ||
| Springfield School Crewe, CW1 5HS | Special | 262 | ||
| Park Lane School Macclesfield, SK11 8JR | Special | 136 | ||
| Pathfield School Barnstaple, EX31 1JU | Special | 190 | ||
| Woodfield School Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8RL | Special | 125 | ||
| Riverside Special School Goole, DN14 5JS | Special | 140 | ||
| St Nicholas' School Canterbury, CT1 3JJ | Special | 390 | ||
| Portal House School Dover, CT15 6SS | Special | 75 | ||
| The Parkside School, Norwich Norwich, NR2 3JA | Special | 189 | ||
| Southall School Telford, TF4 3PX | Special | 209 | ||
| Fairmead School Yeovil, BA21 4NZ | Special | 150 | ||
| Woodfield School Redhill, RH1 3PR | Special | 198 | ||
| Palatine Primary School Worthing, BN12 6JP | Special | 223 | ||
| Russet House School Enfield, EN1 4JA | Special | 145 | ||
| Henry Tyndale School Farnborough, GU14 8BX | Special | 172 | ||
| Oakfield Park School Pontefract, WF7 7DT | Special | 162 | ||