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.
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 |
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Nexus Foundation Special School
(Your chosen school) |
Special | 305 | 100% | 40.5% |
Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research Centre
London, NW8 6HX |
Special | 260 | 100% | 58.1% |
Red Gates School
South Croydon, CR2 8HD |
Special | 160 | 100% | 48.8% |
Marjory Kinnon School
Feltham, TW14 9QZ |
Special | 308 | 100% | 43.8% |
Oaklands School
Hounslow, TW3 4BX |
Special | 267 | 100% | 42.3% |
Ivel Valley School & College
Biggleswade, SG18 0NL |
Special | 259 | 100% | 39% |
The Chiltern School
Dunstable, LU5 5PX |
Special | 347 | 100% | 33.1% |
The Woodlands School
Milton Keynes, MK8 0PU |
Special | 233 | 100% | 40.8% |
Heltwate School
Peterborough, PE3 8RL |
Special | 212 | 100% | 50% |
Mayfield School
Whitehaven, CA28 8UG |
Special | 257 | 100% | 44.4% |
Durham Trinity School & Sports College
Durham, DH1 5WB |
Special | 252 | 100% | 52.4% |
Hill Park School
Brighton, BN41 2FU |
Special | 264 | 100% | 43.6% |
The Edith Borthwick School
Braintree, CM7 2YN |
Special | 241 | 100% | 44.4% |
Broomhill Bank School
Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0TB |
Special | 392 | 100% | 33.9% |
Ifield School
Gravesend, DA12 5JT |
Special | 276 | 100% | 44.2% |
Foreland Fields School
Ramsgate, CT12 6RH |
Special | 291 | 100% | 47.1% |
St Nicholas' School
Canterbury, CT1 3JJ |
Special | 390 | 100% | 49% |
John Watson School
Oxford, OX33 1NN |
Special | 113 | 100% | 29.2% |
Manor Mead School
Shepperton, TW17 8EL |
Special | 237 | 100% | 33% |
Palatine Primary School
Worthing, BN12 6JP |
Special | 223 | 100% | 33.2% |
Newark Orchard School
Newark, NG24 3AL |
Special | 169 | 100% | 49.1% |
Mill Green School
St Helens, WA9 1BU |
Special | 151 | 100% | 42.4% |
Fort Royal
Worcester, WR5 1DR |
Special | 232 | 100% | 35.3% |
The Wyvern School (Buxford)
Ashford, TN23 4ER |
Special | 371 | 100% | 43.3% |
Oakley School
Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4NE |
Special | 238 | 100% | 42.4% |
The Oaks Secondary School
Spennymoor, DL16 7DB |
Special | 349 | 100% | 59% |
Applefields School
York, YO31 0LW |
Special | 224 | 100% | 35.7% |
Meadowfield School
SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 4NL |
Special | 401 | 100% | 47.5% |
Lansbury Bridge School
St Helens, WA9 1TB |
Special | 237 | 100% | 47.7% |
Springside
Manchester, OL16 2SU |
Special | 150 | 100% | 45.3% |