Avalon 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
Avalon School
(Your chosen school)
Special 73 100% 42.5%
Shaftesbury High School
Harrow, HA3 6LE
Special 171 100% 44.4%
Pens Meadow School
Stourbridge, DY8 5ST
Special 114 100% 41.2%
Westhaven School
Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4UT
Special 185 100% 45.4%
Ravenswood School
Bristol, BS48 2NN
Special 136 100% 39%
Pebble Brook School
Aylesbury, HP21 8LZ
Special 172 100% 45.9%
Stocklake Park Community School
Aylesbury, HP20 1DP
Special 105 99.1% 41.9%
Swanwick School and Sports College
Alfreton, DE55 1AR
Special 94 100% 53.2%
Southbrook School
Exeter, EX2 6JB
Special 139 100% 41.7%
Bidwell Brook School
Totnes, TQ9 6JU
Special 153 100% 43.8%
Mountjoy School
Beaminster, DT8 3HB
Special 112 100% 40.2%
Yewstock School
Sturminster Newton, DT10 1EW
Special 170 100% 47.6%
Heathfield Special School
Fareham, PO14 3BN
Special 141 100% 44.7%
Garston Manor School
Watford, WD25 7HR
Special 163 100% 41.7%
Kings Mill School
Driffield, YO25 6UG
Special 136 100% 53.7%
St George's School
Newport, PO30 1XW
Special 212 100% 55.2%
Kirkham Pear Tree School
Preston, PR4 2HA
Special 112 100% 39.3%
Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School
Blackpool, FY5 4HH
Special 134 100% 52.2%
Hall School
Norwich, NR6 7AD
Special 99 100% 42.4%
Chapel Green School
Old Buckenham, NR17 1RF
Special 179 100% 36.3%
The Parkside School, Norwich
Norwich, NR2 3JA
Special 189 100% 53.4%
Welburn Hall School
York, YO62 7HQ
Special 112 100% 50%
Springwater School
Harrogate, HG2 7LW
Special 121 100% 38%
Barndale School
Alnwick, NE66 1DQ
Special 90 100% 54.4%
Polden Bower School
Bridgwater, TA6 4GU
Special 247 100% 43.7%
Manor Green College
Crawley, RH11 0DX
Special 210 100% 38.6%
Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)
Melton Mowbray, LE13 1HA
Special 245 100% 38.4%
Granta School
Cambridge, CB21 4NN
Special 182 100% 41.2%
Pendle Community High School & College
Nelson, BB9 8LF
Special 163 100% 49.1%
Sir Tom Finney Community High School
Preston, PR2 6EE
Special 237 100% 46.4%