St Nicholas' 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
St Nicholas' School
(Your chosen school)
Special 390 100% 49%
Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research Centre
London, NW8 6HX
Special 260 100% 58.1%
Little Heath School
Romford, RM6 5RX
Special 236 100% 40.3%
Clare Mount Specialist Sports College
Leasowe, CH46 1RA
Special 410 100% 54.9%
Ivel Valley School & College
Biggleswade, SG18 0NL
Special 259 100% 39%
The Chiltern School
Dunstable, LU5 5PX
Special 347 100% 33.1%
Mayfield School
Whitehaven, CA28 8UG
Special 257 100% 44.4%
Linwood School
Bournemouth, BH9 1AJ
Special 411 100% 42.8%
Durham Trinity School & Sports College
Durham, DH1 5WB
Special 252 100% 52.4%
Downs View Special School
Brighton, BN2 6BB
Special 224 100% 58.3%
Hill Park School
Brighton, BN41 2FU
Special 264 100% 43.6%
Springwell School
Southampton, SO19 6DH
Special 272 100% 63.2%
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%
The Beacon Folkestone
Folkestone, CT19 5DN
Special 431 100% 56.4%
Nexus Foundation Special School
Tonbridge, TN11 8AA
Special 305 100% 40.5%
Cleaswell Hill School
Choppington, NE62 5DJ
Special 251 100% 50.6%
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%
West Gate School
Leicester, LE3 6DG
Special 200 100% 45.5%
Oakfield High School and College
Wigan, WN2 4XA
Special 399 100% 48.6%
The Wyvern School (Buxford)
Ashford, TN23 4ER
Special 371 100% 43.3%
Oakley School
Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4NE
Special 238 100% 42.4%
Bank View High School
Liverpool, L9 6AD
Special 424 100% 57.3%
The Oaks Secondary School
Spennymoor, DL16 7DB
Special 349 100% 59%
Meadowfield School
SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 4NL
Special 401 100% 47.5%
Lansbury Bridge School
St Helens, WA9 1TB
Special 237 100% 47.7%
Redwood
Rochdale, OL11 5EW
Special 344 100% 50.9%