Bower Grove 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
Bower Grove School
(Your chosen school)
Special 239 100% 68.2%
Beormund Primary School
London, SE1 3PS
Special 29 100% 65.5%
Melrose School
Mitcham/ Raynes Park, CR4 3BE
Special 128 100% 52.3%
Woolton High School
Liverpool, L25 6JA
Special 75 100% 64%
Oak Haven School
Heywood, OL10 3PY
Special 284 100% 67.7%
The Holy Brook School
Reading, RG30 3LJ
Special 29 100% 69%
Archers Brook SEMH Residential School
Ellesmere Port, CH66 2NA
Special 99 100% 68.7%
Holmwood School
Middlesbrough, TS4 3PT
Special 107 100% 71%
Barley Lane School
Exeter, EX4 1TA
Special 76 100% 64.5%
Downs View Special School
Brighton, BN2 6BB
Special 224 100% 58.3%
The Polygon School
Southampton, SO15 2FH
Special 76 100% 81.6%
Vermont School
Southampton, SO16 7LT
Special 53 100% 81.1%
Samuel Cody School
Farnborough, GU14 8SN
Special 336 100% 39.3%
St George's School
Newport, PO30 1XW
Special 212 100% 55.2%
St Anthony's School
Margate, CT9 3RA
Special 108 100% 73.1%
Goldwyn School
Ashford, TN23 3BT
Special 204 100% 53.9%
Rowhill School
Longfield, DA3 7PW
Special 161 100% 64.6%
Elms School
Dover, CT17 9PS
Special 138 100% 82.6%
The Orchard School
Canterbury, CT1 3QQ
Special 110 100% 73.6%
Portal House School
Dover, CT15 6SS
Special 75 100% 64%
Hope High School
Skelmersdale, WN8 9DP
Special 113 100% 62.8%
Cramlington Hillcrest School
Cramlington, NE23 1DY
Special 116 100% 62.1%
Collingwood School & Media Arts College
Morpeth, NE61 2HA
Special 308 100% 46.4%
Haywood Grove School
Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7BG
Special 60 100% 65%
High Well School
Pontefract, WF8 2DD
Special 104 100% 76.7%
Chasetown Community School
Burntwood, WS7 3QL
Special 84 100% 58.3%
Hope School
Liverpool, L25 2RY
Special 68 100% 80.9%
Childwall Abbey School
Liverpool, L16 5EY
Special 217 100% 59.4%
Kingsmead School
Derby, DE24 8TE
Special 130 100% 62.8%
Elm Tree Community Primary School
Skelmersdale, WN8 6SA
Special 155 100% 61.3%