Portal House 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
Portal House School
(Your chosen school)
Special 80 100% 68.8%
Beormund Primary School
London, SE1 3PS
Special 37 100% 70.3%
New Rush Hall School
Ilford, IG6 2LB
Special 95 98.9% 72.3%
Woolton High School
Liverpool, L25 6JA
Special 79 100% 65.8%
The Holy Brook School
Reading, RG30 3LJ
Special 28 100% 67.9%
Archers Brook SEMH School
Ellesmere Port, CH66 2NA
Special 118 100% 63.6%
Holmwood School
Middlesbrough, TS4 3PT
Special 100 100% 74%
Barley Lane School
Exeter, EX4 1TA
Special 80 100% 70%
Lakeside School
Eastleigh, SO53 2DW
Special 97 100% 64.9%
The Polygon School
Southampton, SO15 2FH
Special 77 100% 83.1%
Vermont School
Southampton, SO16 7LT
Special 54 100% 75.9%
The Waterloo School
Waterlooville, PO7 7JJ
Special 72 100% 80.6%
Wolverdene Special School
Andover, SP10 2AF
Special 55 100% 72.7%
Bower Grove School
Maidstone, ME16 8NL
Special 246 100% 67.1%
St Anthony's School
Margate, CT9 3RA
Special 110 100% 75.5%
Goldwyn School
Ashford, TN23 3BT
Special 197 100% 57.9%
Rowhill School
Longfield, DA3 7PW
Special 163 100% 62.6%
Elms School
Dover, CT17 9PS
Special 131 100% 79.4%
The Orchard School
Canterbury, CT1 3QQ
Special 119 100% 73.1%
Moorbrook School
Preston, PR2 3DB
Special 84 100% 63.1%
Cornfield School, Littlehampton
Littlehampton, BN17 6HY
Special 83 100% 69.9%
Downland School
Devizes, SN10 5EF
Special 102 100% 57.8%
Athena School
Lincoln, LN5 8EL
Special 112 100% 62.5%
Haywood Grove School
Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7BG
Special 62 100% 80.6%
High Well School
Pontefract, WF8 2DD
Special 105 100% 79.8%
Windlehurst School
Stockport, SK6 7HZ
Special 65 100% 69.2%
Chasetown Community School
Burntwood, WS7 3QL
Special 81 100% 58%
Hope School
Liverpool, L25 2RY
Special 68 100% 67.6%
Prospect School
Havant, PO9 4AQ
Special 87 100% 66.7%
The Rose School
Burnley, BB11 4DT
Special 88 100% 76.1%