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 140 100% 33.6%
Shaftesbury High School
Harrow, HA3 6LE
Special 171 100% 44.4%
The Dame Ellen Pinsent School
Birmingham, B13 0RW
Special 146 100% 60.3%
Tiverton School
Coventry, CV3 4DE
Special 133 100% 33.1%
Woodlawn School
Whitley Bay, NE25 9DL
Special 174 100% 45.4%
Bamburgh School
South Shields, NE34 7TD
Special 222 100% 54.5%
Warmley Park School
Bristol, BS30 8XL
Special 170 100% 28.8%
Westhaven School
Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4UT
Special 185 100% 45.4%
Ravenswood School
Bristol, BS48 2NN
Special 136 100% 39%
Stony Dean School
Amersham, HP7 9JW
Special 213 100% 38.5%
Springfield School
Crewe, CW1 5HS
Special 262 100% 31.7%
Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College
Chester, CH2 1HD
Special 157 100% 38.9%
Sandgate School
Kendal, LA9 6JG
Special 151 100% 29.1%
Brackenfield Special School
Nottingham, NG10 4DA
Special 206 100% 45.6%
Southbrook School
Exeter, EX2 6JB
Special 139 100% 41.7%
Alderman Knight School
Tewkesbury, GL20 8JJ
Special 242 100% 32.6%
Garston Manor School
Watford, WD25 7HR
Special 163 100% 41.7%
Northcott School and Sixth Form College
Hull, HU7 4EL
Special 183 100% 47.5%
Chorley Astley Park School
Chorley, PR7 1JZ
Special 164 100% 32.3%
John Grant School, Caister-on-Sea
Great Yarmouth, NR30 5QW
Special 195 100% 58.5%
Brooklands School
Skipton, BD23 2DB
Special 108 100% 36.1%
Hednesford Valley High School
Hednesford, WS12 4JS
Special 191 100% 49.2%
St Anthony's School
Chichester, PO19 5PA
Special 240 100% 41.3%
Manor Green Primary School
Crawley, RH11 0DU
Special 214 100% 31.9%
Fordwater School, Chichester
Chichester, PO19 6PP
Special 193 100% 38.9%
Crowdys Hill School
Swindon, SN2 7HJ
Special 326 100% 41.1%
West Lancashire Community High School
Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH
Special 164 100% 33.5%
Acorns Primary School
Preston, PR1 6AU
Special 92 100% 40.2%
Stone Hill School
Doncaster, DN5 7UB
Special 166 100% 45.2%
Wyre Forest School
Kidderminster, DY11 6FA
Special 372 100% 42.7%