Hill Top 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
Hill Top School
(Your chosen school)
Special 135 100% 56.3%
Riverside School
London, N22 5QJ
Special 173 100% 59.5%
Shaftesbury High School
Harrow, HA3 6LE
Special 171 100% 44.4%
Meadow High School
Uxbridge, UB8 3QU
Special 285 100% 43.9%
Fox Hollies School
Birmingham, B13 8QB
Special 112 100% 64.3%
Beaufort School
Birmingham, B34 6BJ
Special 92 100% 59.8%
Langley School
Sutton Coldfield, B75 6TJ
Special 131 100% 51.9%
Broomfield South SILC
Leeds, LS10 3JP
Special 272 100% 55.5%
Southlands School
North Shields, NE30 2QR
Special 146 100% 62.3%
Epinay Business and Enterprise School
South Shields, NE34 8BT
Special 209 100% 57.6%
Stocklake Park Community School
Aylesbury, HP20 1DP
Special 105 99.1% 41.9%
Winchelsea School
Poole, BH12 4LL
Special 235 100% 43.8%
Croft Community School
Stanley, DH9 8PR
Special 287 100% 61%
Villa Real School
Consett, DH8 6BH
Special 119 100% 55.5%
Downs View Special School
Brighton, BN2 6BB
Special 224 100% 58.3%
Oak Lodge School
Southampton, SO45 4RQ
Special 164 100% 43.9%
St Hugh's Special School
Scunthorpe, DN16 1NB
Special 157 100% 49%
Morecambe Road School
Morecambe, LA3 3AB
Special 221 100% 45.2%
Applebee Wood Community Specialist School
Preston, PR5 5SS
Special 169 100% 50%
Broadfield Specialist School
Burnley, BB11 5BT
Special 242 100% 48.3%
Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School
Blackpool, FY5 4HH
Special 134 100% 52.2%
Cleaswell Hill School
Choppington, NE62 5DJ
Special 251 100% 50.6%
Haughton School
Telford, TF7 4BW
Special 193 100% 45.1%
Fairmead School
Yeovil, BA21 4NZ
Special 150 100% 44%
West Gate School
Leicester, LE3 6DG
Special 200 100% 45.5%
West Lancashire Community High School
Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH
Special 164 100% 33.5%
Oakley School
Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4NE
Special 238 100% 42.4%
Childwall Abbey School
Liverpool, L16 5EY
Special 217 100% 59.4%
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
Hill Top School
(Your chosen school)
Special 135 Sign in to see
Stormont House School
London, E5 8NP
Special 139
Lansdowne School
London, SW9 9QD
Special 170
Brent Knoll School
London, SE23 2QU
Special 175
Cherry Garden School
London, SE15 5BB
Special 94
Bowden House School
Seaford, BN25 2JB
Special 38
Beatrice Tate School
London, E3 4PX
Special 127
Tiverton School
Coventry, CV3 4DE
Special 133
Palmerston School
Liverpool, L17 6AU
Special 174
Fairfield School
Batley, WF17 8AS
Special 136
Sunningdale School
Sunderland, SR3 2PP
Special 137
Sandside Lodge School
Ulverston, LA12 0DZ
Special 100
Mountjoy School
Beaminster, DT8 3HB
Special 112
Alderman Knight School
Tewkesbury, GL20 8JJ
Special 242
The Cedar School
Southampton, SO16 0XN
Special 90
Garston Manor School
Watford, WD25 7HR
Special 163
Kings Mill School
Driffield, YO25 6UG
Special 136
Hope High School
Skelmersdale, WN8 9DP
Special 113
Ashmount School
Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
Special 207
Sheringham Woodfields School
Sheringham, NR26 8ND
Special 158
Carlton Digby School
Nottingham, NG3 6DS
Special 95
Mill Green School
St Helens, WA9 1BU
Special 151
Gibside School
Gateshead, NE8 4DE
Special 211
Woodlands School
Edgware, HA8 6JP
Special 137
The Livity School
London, SW16 2PW
Special 127
The Rose School
Burnley, BB11 4DT
Special 71
Childwall Abbey School
Liverpool, L16 5EY
Special 217
Evergreen Primary School
Bishop Auckland, DL14 6LS
Special 205
Park View School
South Shields, NE34 0QA
Special 48
New Horizons Learning Centre
Bristol, BS15 4EA
Special 70