Ash Lea 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
Ash Lea School
(Your chosen school)
Special 104 100% 39.4%
Hope School
Wigan, WN3 6SP
Special 233 100% 43.8%
Talbot Specialist School
Sheffield, S8 9JP
Special 253 100% 56.5%
Ravenscliffe High School
Halifax, HX3 0RZ
Special 258 100% 43.8%
Sunningdale School
Sunderland, SR3 2PP
Special 150 100% 52.9%
Warmley Park School
Bristol, BS30 8XL
Special 183 100% 34.4%
Bidwell Brook School
Totnes, TQ9 6JU
Special 151 100% 49%
Cann Bridge School
Plymouth, PL6 8EE
Special 111 100% 39.6%
Bettridge School
Cheltenham, GL51 3AT
Special 145 100% 40%
Icknield School
Andover, SP11 6LT
Special 93 100% 48.4%
St Francis Special School
Fareham, PO14 3BN
Special 115 100% 44.3%
Westfield School
Leominster, HR6 8NZ
Special 73 100% 32.4%
Woodfield School
Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8RL
Special 125 100% 37.6%
Watling View School
St Albans, AL1 2NU
Special 115 100% 37.4%
Kings Mill School
Driffield, YO25 6UG
Special 137 100% 53.3%
Kirkham Pear Tree School
Preston, PR4 2HA
Special 112 100% 38.4%
Mayfield School
Chorley, PR7 3HN
Special 133 100% 38.3%
Ashmount School
Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
Special 209 100% 47.4%
Fairfields School
Northampton, NN2 6JN
Special 124 100% 31.5%
Fiveways Special School
Yeovil, BA21 5AZ
Special 100 100% 51%
Woodlands School
Leatherhead, KT22 8RY
Special 133 100% 23%
Portesbery School
Deepcut, GU16 6TA
Special 145 100% 37.2%
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, Horsham
Horsham, RH13 5NW
Special 138 100% 25%
Herons Dale School
Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6TN
Special 146 100% 33.6%
Hollywater School
Bordon, GU35 0HA
Special 160 100% 40%
Dryden School
Gateshead, NE9 5UR
Special 77 100% 54.5%
Henry Tyndale School
Farnborough, GU14 8BX
Special 178 100% 27%
Kingsley High School
Harrow, HA3 6ND
Special 134 100% 41%
Oakfield Park School
Pontefract, WF7 7DT
Special 176 100% 60.2%
Forest Park School
Southampton, SO40 8DZ
Special 147 100% 47.6%