Schools we chose for benchmarking
These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.
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
| 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
| 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 | ||