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.
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 |
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Hollywater School
(Your chosen school) |
Special | 144 | 100% | 41.7% |
Princes School
Liverpool, L8 1YQ |
Special | 216 | 100% | 54.6% |
Foxfield School
Woodchurch, CH49 5LF |
Special | 212 | 100% | 54.2% |
Stanley School
Wirral, CH61 5UE |
Special | 175 | 100% | 41.7% |
Chiltern Wood School
High Wycombe, HP12 3NE |
Special | 218 | 100% | 27.5% |
Samuel Pepys School
St Neots, PE19 2EZ |
Special | 124 | 100% | 45.2% |
Bidwell Brook School
Totnes, TQ9 6JU |
Special | 153 | 100% | 43.8% |
Cann Bridge School
Plymouth, PL6 8EE |
Special | 115 | 100% | 39.1% |
Mill Ford School
Plymouth, PL5 2PY |
Special | 132 | 100% | 56.8% |
Grove Park School
Crowborough, TN6 1BN |
Special | 143 | 100% | 28.7% |
The Shrubberies School
Stonehouse, GL10 2DG |
Special | 136 | 100% | 42.6% |
Heathfield Special School
Fareham, PO14 3BN |
Special | 141 | 100% | 44.7% |
Icknield School
Andover, SP11 6LT |
Special | 94 | 100% | 48.9% |
Limington House School
Basingstoke, RG22 6PS |
Special | 102 | 100% | 34.3% |
St Francis Special School
Fareham, PO14 3BN |
Special | 110 | 100% | 43.6% |
Shepherds Down Special School
Winchester, SO21 2AJ |
Special | 195 | 100% | 34.4% |
Breakspeare School
Abbots Langley, WD5 0BU |
Special | 139 | 100% | 43.2% |
Woodfield School
Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8RL |
Special | 125 | 100% | 36% |
Medina House School
Newport Isle of Wight, PO30 2HS |
Special | 138 | 100% | 34.1% |
Ashmount School
Loughborough, LE11 4SQ |
Special | 207 | 100% | 45.4% |
Nether Hall School
Leicester, LE5 1RT |
Special | 136 | 100% | 44.9% |
Sheringham Woodfields School
Sheringham, NR26 8ND |
Special | 158 | 100% | 43% |
Frank Wise School
Banbury, OX16 9RL |
Special | 121 | 100% | 39.3% |
Portesbery School
Deepcut, GU16 6TA |
Special | 144 | 100% | 35.9% |
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, Horsham
Horsham, RH13 5NW |
Special | 138 | 100% | 26.3% |
Herons Dale School
Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6TN |
Special | 145 | 100% | 32.4% |
Henry Tyndale School
Farnborough, GU14 8BX |
Special | 172 | 100% | 29.1% |
Harlow Fields School and College
Harlow, CM18 6RN |
Special | 177 | 100% | 27.7% |
Kingsley High School
Harrow, HA3 6ND |
Special | 129 | 100% | 41.1% |
Forest Park School
Southampton, SO40 8DZ |
Special | 143 | 100% | 44.8% |