Riverside Special School

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.

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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
Riverside Special School
(Your chosen school)
Special 145 100% 36.6%
Woodlane High School
London, W12 0TN
Special 109 100% 56.9%
Cambridge School
London, W12 0SP
Special 141 100% 58.2%
Oakleigh School & Acorn Assessment Centre
London, N20 0DH
Special 155 100% 35.8%
Tiverton School
Coventry, CV3 4DE
Special 136 100% 39%
Hazel Oak School
Solihull, B90 2AZ
Special 182 100% 39%
Bamburgh School
South Shields, NE34 7TD
Special 223 100% 55.6%
Westhaven School
Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4UT
Special 190 100% 45.3%
Ravenswood School
Bristol, BS48 2NN
Special 140 100% 40%
Springfield School
Crewe, CW1 5HS
Special 303 100% 39.3%
Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College
Chester, CH2 1HD
Special 170 100% 43.5%
Sandgate School
Kendal, LA9 6JG
Special 166 100% 32.5%
Brackenfield Special School
Nottingham, NG10 4DA
Special 283 100% 52.3%
Southbrook School
Exeter, EX2 6JB
Special 140 100% 49.3%
Alderman Knight School
Tewkesbury, GL20 8JJ
Special 238 100% 33.6%
Heathfield Special School
Fareham, PO14 3BN
Special 150 100% 39.3%
Garston Manor School
Watford, WD25 7HR
Special 175 100% 39.4%
The Collett School
Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1TQ
Special 128 100% 41.4%
Northcott School and Sixth Form College
Hull, HU7 4EL
Special 195 100% 47.2%
Kings Mill School
Driffield, YO25 6UG
Special 137 100% 53.3%
Chorley Astley Park School
Chorley, PR7 1JZ
Special 161 100% 37.9%
Fred Nicholson School
Swaffham, PE37 7BB
Special 195 100% 55.9%
Harford Manor School, Norwich
Norwich, NR2 2LN
Special 110 100% 50%
John Grant School, Caister-on-Sea
Great Yarmouth, NR30 5QW
Special 198 100% 57.6%
Brooklands School
Skipton, BD23 2DB
Special 126 100% 33.3%
Manor Green Primary School
Crawley, RH11 0DU
Special 208 100% 31.3%
Crowdys Hill School
Swindon, SN2 7HJ
Special 348 100% 41.1%
Seven Hills School
Sheffield, S2 2RJ
Special 253 100% 60.1%
Acorns Primary School
Preston, PR1 6AU
Special 93 100% 39.8%
Wyre Forest School
Kidderminster, DY11 6FA
Special 389 100% 41.9%