Fred Nicholson 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
Fred Nicholson School
(Your chosen school)
Special 195 100% 55.9%
Bensham Manor School
Thornton Heath, CR7 7BN
Special 246 100% 57.7%
Oaktree School
London, N14 4HN
Special 147 100% 60.5%
Sutton School
Dudley, DY1 2DU
Special 194 100% 52.1%
Castle School
Walsall, WS3 2ED
Special 247 100% 53.4%
Ravenshall School
Dewsbury, WF12 9EE
Special 212 100% 57.1%
Westhaven School
Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4UT
Special 190 100% 45.3%
Ravenswood School
Bristol, BS48 2NN
Special 140 100% 40%
Pebble Brook School
Aylesbury, HP21 8LZ
Special 180 100% 48.3%
Stony Dean School
Amersham, HP7 9JW
Special 215 100% 41.4%
Marshfields School
Peterborough, PE1 4PP
Special 205 100% 55.6%
Southbrook School
Exeter, EX2 6JB
Special 140 100% 49.3%
Bidwell Brook School
Totnes, TQ9 6JU
Special 151 100% 49%
Yewstock School
Sturminster Newton, DT10 1EW
Special 167 100% 46.7%
Heathfield Special School
Fareham, PO14 3BN
Special 150 100% 39.3%
The Mark Way School
Andover, SP10 1HR
Special 118 100% 55.9%
Kings Mill School
Driffield, YO25 6UG
Special 137 100% 53.3%
Morecambe Road School
Morecambe, LA3 3AB
Special 224 100% 48.7%
Great Arley School
Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 4HH
Special 99 100% 58.6%
Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School
Blackpool, FY5 4HH
Special 142 100% 49.6%
Sidestrand Hall School
Cromer, NR27 0NH
Special 199 100% 51.3%
The Parkside School, Norwich
Norwich, NR2 3JA
Special 199 100% 56.8%
Harford Manor School, Norwich
Norwich, NR2 2LN
Special 110 100% 50%
John Grant School, Caister-on-Sea
Great Yarmouth, NR30 5QW
Special 198 100% 57.6%
Barndale School
Alnwick, NE66 1DQ
Special 110 100% 51.8%
Gosden House School
Guildford, GU5 0AH
Special 130 100% 56.2%
Woodfield School
Redhill, RH1 3PR
Special 198 100% 53.5%
The Westminster School
Rowley Regis, B65 9AL
Special 306 100% 61.1%
Ridgewood Community High School
Burnley, BB10 2AT
Special 192 100% 60.4%
Seven Hills School
Sheffield, S2 2RJ
Special 253 100% 60.1%