Fairmead 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
Fairmead School
(Your chosen school)
Special 150 100% 44%
Shaftesbury High School
Harrow, HA3 6LE
Special 171 100% 44.4%
Meadow High School
Uxbridge, UB8 3QU
Special 285 100% 43.9%
Langley School
Sutton Coldfield, B75 6TJ
Special 131 100% 51.9%
Broomfield South SILC
Leeds, LS10 3JP
Special 272 100% 55.5%
Epinay Business and Enterprise School
South Shields, NE34 8BT
Special 209 100% 57.6%
Warmley Park School
Bristol, BS30 8XL
Special 170 100% 28.8%
Westhaven School
Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4UT
Special 185 100% 45.4%
Ravenswood School
Bristol, BS48 2NN
Special 136 100% 39%
The Castle School
Newbury, RG14 2JG
Special 199 100% 43.2%
Stocklake Park Community School
Aylesbury, HP20 1DP
Special 105 99.1% 41.9%
Bidwell Brook School
Totnes, TQ9 6JU
Special 153 100% 43.8%
Winchelsea School
Poole, BH12 4LL
Special 235 100% 43.8%
Yewstock School
Sturminster Newton, DT10 1EW
Special 170 100% 47.6%
Riverside Community Special School
Waterlooville, PO7 5QD
Special 151 100% 44.4%
Northcott School and Sixth Form College
Hull, HU7 4EL
Special 183 100% 47.5%
St Hugh's Special School
Scunthorpe, DN16 1NB
Special 157 100% 49%
Morecambe Road School
Morecambe, LA3 3AB
Special 221 100% 45.2%
Chorley Astley Park School
Chorley, PR7 1JZ
Special 164 100% 32.3%
Applebee Wood Community Specialist School
Preston, PR5 5SS
Special 169 100% 50%
Broadfield Specialist School
Burnley, BB11 5BT
Special 242 100% 48.3%
Oswaldtwistle White Ash School
Accrington, BB5 4QG
Special 116 100% 41.4%
Haughton School
Telford, TF7 4BW
Special 193 100% 45.1%
Hill Top School
Gateshead, NE10 8LT
Special 135 100% 56.3%
Mill Green School
St Helens, WA9 1BU
Special 151 100% 42.4%
West Lancashire Community High School
Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH
Special 164 100% 33.5%
Oakley School
Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4NE
Special 238 100% 42.4%
Applefields School
York, YO31 0LW
Special 224 100% 35.7%
Newlands School
Manchester, M24 6JG
Special 132 100% 42.4%
Stone Hill School
Doncaster, DN5 7UB
Special 166 100% 45.2%

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
Fairmead School
(Your chosen school)
Special 150 Sign in to see
Belvue School
Northolt, UB5 6AG
Special 230
Little Heath School
Romford, RM6 5RX
Special 236
Pens Meadow School
Stourbridge, DY8 5ST
Special 114
Oakdale School
Dukinfield, SK16 5LD
Special 169
Ravenshall School
Dewsbury, WF12 9EE
Special 200
Broomfield South SILC
Leeds, LS10 3JP
Special 272
Furrowfield School
Gateshead, NE10 9RZ
Special 90
The Redway School
Milton Keynes, MK6 4HG
Special 179
Samuel Pepys School
St Neots, PE19 2EZ
Special 124
Oaklands School
Winsford, CW7 1NU
Special 172
Springfield School
Crewe, CW1 5HS
Special 262
Pathfield School
Barnstaple, EX31 1JU
Special 190
Bidwell Brook School
Totnes, TQ9 6JU
Special 153
Brook Green Centre for Learning
Plymouth, PL5 4DZ
Special 106
Yewstock School
Sturminster Newton, DT10 1EW
Special 170
Oak Lodge School
Southampton, SO45 4RQ
Special 164
Woodfield School
Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8RL
Special 125
St Hugh's Special School
Scunthorpe, DN16 1NB
Special 157
Riverside Special School
Goole, DN14 5JS
Special 140
St Nicholas' School
Canterbury, CT1 3JJ
Special 390
Portal House School
Dover, CT15 6SS
Special 75
Kirkham Pear Tree School
Preston, PR4 2HA
Special 112
Southall School
Telford, TF4 3PX
Special 209
Fiveways Special School
Yeovil, BA21 5AZ
Special 98
Palatine Primary School
Worthing, BN12 6JP
Special 223
Herons Dale School
Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6TN
Special 145
Russet House School
Enfield, EN1 4JA
Special 145
Athena School
Lincoln, LN5 8EL
Special 118
Henry Tyndale School
Farnborough, GU14 8BX
Special 172