The Children's Hospital School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.

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Running cost categories

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
The Children's Hospital School
(Your chosen school)
Special 80 81.3% 20%
Children's Hospital School at Gt Ormond Street and UCH
London, WC1N 3JH
Special 0 0% 0%
Royal Free Hospital Children's School
London, NW3 2QG
Special 76 39.5% 19.7%
Chelsea Community Hospital School
London, SW10 9NH
Special 108 59.3% 34.3%
Greenvale School
London, SE6 1UF
Special 214 100% 54.7%
Evelina Hospital School
London, SE1 7EH
Special 109 33% 12.8%
Maudsley and Bethlem Hospital School
London, SE5 8AZ
Special 45 100% 4.4%
Paddock School
London, SW15 5RT
Special 220 100% 58.6%
Corbets Tey School
Upminster, RM14 2YQ
Special 158 100% 31.6%
Wirral Hospitals' School
Wirral, CH41 0EZ
Special 4 100% 50%
Manchester Hospital School
Manchester, M13 9WL
Special 318 90.3% 27.4%
Richmond Hill School
Luton, LU2 7JL
Special 282 100% 35.1%
Cann Bridge School
Plymouth, PL6 8EE
Special 115 100% 39.1%
The Shrubberies School
Stonehouse, GL10 2DG
Special 136 100% 42.6%
Limington House School
Basingstoke, RG22 6PS
Special 102 100% 34.3%
Lakeside School
Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6YN
Special 112 100% 32.1%
Woodfield School
Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8RL
Special 125 100% 36%
Watling View School
St Albans, AL1 2NU
Special 111 100% 34.2%
Amwell View School
Ware, SG12 8EH
Special 184 100% 31%
St Anne's School and Sixth Form College
Hessle, HU13 9AR
Special 155 100% 32.9%
Ashmount School
Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
Special 207 100% 45.4%
Nether Hall School
Leicester, LE5 1RT
Special 136 100% 44.9%
Ash Lea School
Cotgrave, NG12 3PA
Special 99 100% 31.3%
Frank Wise School
Banbury, OX16 9RL
Special 121 100% 39.3%
Oxfordshire Hospital School
Oxford, OX4 6SB
Special 0 0% 0%
Portesbery School
Deepcut, GU16 6TA
Special 144 100% 35.9%
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, Horsham
Horsham, RH13 5NW
Special 138 100% 26.3%
Herons Dale School
Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6TN
Special 145 100% 32.4%
Rowan Gate Primary School -Three Sites and Two Satellites
Wellingborough, NN8 4NS
Special 296 100% 36.5%
Henry Tyndale School
Farnborough, GU14 8BX
Special 172 100% 29.1%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 30 similar schools to benchmark this school against building cost categories, which includes utilities, cleaning and maintenance.

How we chose these schools

We chose these schools based on:

  • school phase or type
  • region
  • gross internal floor area
  • average age of buildings
  • whether they are a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) school
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Gross internal floor area Average age of buildings
The Children's Hospital School
(Your chosen school)
Special 80 Sign in to see
The Cedars Primary School
Hounslow, TW5 9RU
Special 66
Melrose School
Mitcham/ Raynes Park, CR4 3BE
Special 128
Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children
Birmingham, B31 1LD
Special 54
Woodsetton School
Dudley, DY3 1BY
Special 117
Halesbury School
Halesowen, B62 9DR
Special 174
Oakwood School
Walsall, WS9 9JS
Special 245
Clifford Holroyde Specialist Sen College
Liverpool, L14 7NX
Special 70
Kilgarth School
Birkenhead, CH41 8BA
Special 60
Orrets Meadow School
Wirral, CH46 9QQ
Special 93
Thomasson Memorial School
Bolton, BL3 3LA
Special 85
Manchester Hospital School
Manchester, M13 9WL
Special 318
Swanwick School and Sports College
Alfreton, DE55 1AR
Special 94
Norman Gate School
Andover, SP10 1JZ
Special 102
Limington House School
Basingstoke, RG22 6PS
Special 102
The Polygon School
Southampton, SO15 2FH
Special 76
Westfield School
Leominster, HR6 8NZ
Special 73
The Collett School
Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1TQ
Special 128
Moorbrook School
Preston, PR2 3DB
Special 72
Applebee Wood Community Specialist School
Preston, PR5 5SS
Special 169
The Coppice School
Preston, PR5 6GY
Special 66
Brookfield School
Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7HE
Special 84
Hall School
Norwich, NR6 7AD
Special 99
Oaklands School
Leicester, LE5 6GJ
Special 135
Rowan Tree Primary School
Manchester, M46 9HP
Special 139
Holly House Special School
Chesterfield, S41 9QR
Special 43
High Well School
Pontefract, WF8 2DD
Special 104
Windlehurst School
Stockport, SK6 7HZ
Special 54
Willow Grove Primary School
Wigan, WN4 8XF
Special 73
Acorns Primary School
Preston, PR1 6AU
Special 92