Hednesford Valley High 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
Hednesford Valley High School
(Your chosen school)
Special 191 100% 49.2%
Woodlane High School
London, W12 0TN
Special 106 100% 54.7%
Cambridge School
London, W12 0SP
Special 143 100% 63.6%
Shaftesbury High School
Harrow, HA3 6LE
Special 171 100% 44.4%
The Dame Ellen Pinsent School
Birmingham, B13 0RW
Special 146 100% 60.3%
Castle School
Walsall, WS3 2ED
Special 230 100% 57%
Penn Fields School
Wolverhampton, WV4 4NT
Special 187 100% 58.3%
Ravenshall School
Dewsbury, WF12 9EE
Special 200 100% 57%
Woodlawn School
Whitley Bay, NE25 9DL
Special 174 100% 45.4%
Bamburgh School
South Shields, NE34 7TD
Special 222 100% 54.5%
Westhaven School
Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4UT
Special 185 100% 45.4%
Pebble Brook School
Aylesbury, HP21 8LZ
Special 172 100% 45.9%
Marshfields School
Peterborough, PE1 4PP
Special 191 100% 54.5%
Springfield School
Crewe, CW1 5HS
Special 262 100% 31.7%
Ashley High School
Widnes, WA8 7HG
Special 128 100% 57%
Southbrook School
Exeter, EX2 6JB
Special 139 100% 41.7%
Yewstock School
Sturminster Newton, DT10 1EW
Special 170 100% 47.6%
Rigby Hall Day Special School
Bromsgrove, B60 2EP
Special 215 100% 36.7%
Garston Manor School
Watford, WD25 7HR
Special 163 100% 41.7%
Riverside Special School
Goole, DN14 5JS
Special 140 100% 33.6%
Sidestrand Hall School
Cromer, NR27 0NH
Special 193 100% 48.7%
Fred Nicholson School
Dereham, NR19 1JB
Special 197 100% 54.3%
The Parkside School, Norwich
Norwich, NR2 3JA
Special 189 100% 53.4%
John Grant School, Caister-on-Sea
Great Yarmouth, NR30 5QW
Special 195 100% 58.5%
Gosden House School
Guildford, GU5 0AH
Special 125 100% 49.6%
Woodfield School
Redhill, RH1 3PR
Special 198 100% 50%
Manor Green Primary School
Crawley, RH11 0DU
Special 214 100% 31.9%
Crowdys Hill School
Swindon, SN2 7HJ
Special 326 100% 41.1%
Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)
Melton Mowbray, LE13 1HA
Special 245 100% 38.4%
Wyre Forest School
Kidderminster, DY11 6FA
Special 372 100% 42.7%