The St Francis Special School, Lincoln

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
The St Francis Special School, Lincoln
(Your chosen school)
Special 174 100% 53.7%
Waverley School
Enfield, EN3 7DL
Special 163 100% 62.6%
Shaftesbury High School
Harrow, HA3 6LE
Special 165 100% 44.2%
Victoria School
Birmingham, B31 1LD
Special 225 100% 65.8%
The Old Park School
Brierley Hill, DY5 2JY
Special 147 100% 51%
Pens Meadow School
Pensnett, DY5 4LN
Special 138 100% 42.8%
Redbridge High School
Liverpool, L9 6AD
Special 154 100% 59.7%
Crosby High School
Liverpool, L23 2TH
Special 173 100% 57.8%
Lancasterian School
Manchester, M20 2XA
Special 196 100% 68.9%
Highbury School
Brighouse, HD6 3LD
Special 155 100% 41.9%
Fairfield School
Batley, WF17 8AS
Special 139 100% 36%
Heritage House School
Chesham, HP5 3BP
Special 140 100% 32.9%
The Redway School
Milton Keynes, MK6 4HG
Special 184 100% 41.4%
Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College
Chester, CH2 1HD
Special 170 100% 43.5%
Kirkleatham Hall School
Redcar, TS10 4QR
Special 215 100% 57.7%
Swanwick School and Sports College
Alfreton, DE55 1AR
Special 101 100% 60.4%
Southbrook School
Exeter, EX2 6JB
Special 140 100% 49.3%
Kings Mill School
Driffield, YO25 6UG
Special 137 100% 53.3%
St George's School
Newport, PO30 1XW
Special 240 100% 54.6%
The Coppice School
Preston, PR5 6GY
Special 64 100% 42.2%
Ashmount School
Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
Special 209 100% 47.4%
Chapel Green School
Old Buckenham, NR17 1RF
Special 199 100% 38.7%
The Clare School
Norwich, NR4 7AU
Special 131 100% 39.7%
Horton Lodge Community Special School
Leek, ST13 8RB
Special 66 100% 37.9%
The Livity School
London, SW16 2PW
Special 131 100% 58%
Oakfield Park School
Pontefract, WF7 7DT
Special 176 100% 60.2%
Granta School
Cambridge, CB21 4NN
Special 185 100% 46.5%
Castle School, Cambridge
Cambridge, CB4 2EE
Special 233 100% 48.9%
Pendle Community High School & College
Nelson, BB9 8LF
Special 166 100% 50.6%
Sir Tom Finney Community High School
Preston, PR2 6EE
Special 255 100% 47.8%