Ellesmere College

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
Ellesmere College
(Your chosen school)
Special 436 100% 46.1%
Stormont House School
London, E5 8NP
Special 139 100% 60.4%
Bensham Manor School
Thornton Heath, CR7 7BN
Special 242 100% 55.4%
St Nicholas School
Purley, CR8 4DS
Special 274 100% 41.6%
Halesbury School
Halesowen, B62 9DR
Special 174 100% 42.5%
Hayfield School
Wirral, CH49 4LN
Special 168 100% 60.1%
Castle Hill High School
Stockport, SK2 5DS
Special 341 100% 39.9%
Ivel Valley School & College
Biggleswade, SG18 0NL
Special 259 100% 39%
Stony Dean School
Amersham, HP7 9JW
Special 213 100% 38.5%
Furze Down School
Buckingham, MK18 3BL
Special 219 100% 32.9%
Booker Park Community School
Aylesbury, HP21 9ET
Special 243 100% 33.3%
Brackenfield Special School
Nottingham, NG10 4DA
Special 206 100% 45.6%
Ellen Tinkham School
Exeter, EX1 3RW
Special 236 100% 47.5%
Winchelsea School
Poole, BH12 4LL
Special 235 100% 43.8%
Linwood School
Bournemouth, BH9 1AJ
Special 411 100% 42.8%
Springwell School
Southampton, SO19 6DH
Special 272 100% 63.2%
St Luke's Primary School
Scunthorpe, DN16 1BN
Special 191 100% 40.8%
The Beacon Folkestone
Folkestone, CT19 5DN
Special 431 100% 56.4%
St Nicholas' School
Canterbury, CT1 3JJ
Special 390 100% 49%
Chorley Astley Park School
Chorley, PR7 1JZ
Special 164 100% 32.3%
The Lincoln St Christopher's School
Lincoln, LN6 8AR
Special 312 100% 49.4%
Cleaswell Hill School
Choppington, NE62 5DJ
Special 251 100% 50.6%
St Anthony's School
Chichester, PO19 5PA
Special 240 100% 41.3%
Oakfield High School and College
Wigan, WN2 4XA
Special 399 100% 48.6%
Bank View High School
Liverpool, L9 6AD
Special 424 100% 57.3%
Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)
Melton Mowbray, LE13 1HA
Special 245 100% 38.4%
Castle Wood Special School
Coventry, CV2 1FN
Special 166 100% 35.5%
Wyre Forest School
Kidderminster, DY11 6FA
Special 372 100% 42.7%
Woodlands Meed
Burgess Hill, RH15 9EY
Special 281 100% 31.7%
Silverwood School
Devizes, SN10 2QQ
Special 473 100% 38.7%