West Gate 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
West Gate School
(Your chosen school)
Special 199 100% 49.2%
Little Heath School
Romford, RM6 5RX
Special 264 100% 50.8%
Hatton Special School
Woodford Green, IG8 8EU
Special 197 100% 49.7%
Reynalds Cross School
Solihull, B92 7ER
Special 149 100% 41.3%
Alt Bridge School
Liverpool, L36 7TA
Special 356 100% 66.3%
Knowsley Central School
Liverpool, L36 7SY
Special 142 100% 47.9%
Highfield School
Ossett, WF5 9BS
Special 210 100% 51.9%
Kingsweston School
Bristol, BS11 0UT
Special 179 100% 50.8%
Ivel Valley School & College
Biggleswade, SG18 0NL
Special 261 100% 42.9%
Greenbank School
Northwich, CW8 1LD
Special 129 100% 44.2%
Alfreton Park Community Special School
Alfreton, DE55 7AL
Special 167 100% 54.5%
Winchelsea School
Poole, BH12 4LL
Special 248 100% 38.3%
Downs View Special School
Brighton, BN2 6BB
Special 224 100% 58.5%
Oak Lodge School
Southampton, SO45 4RQ
Special 173 100% 48.6%
Northcott School and Sixth Form College
Hull, HU7 4EL
Special 195 100% 47.2%
St Hugh's Special School
Scunthorpe, DN16 1NB
Special 160 100% 50.6%
St Nicholas' School
Canterbury, CT1 3JJ
Special 402 100% 52.7%
Morecambe Road School
Morecambe, LA3 3AB
Special 224 100% 48.7%
Cleaswell Hill School
Choppington, NE62 5DJ
Special 261 100% 51%
St Giles School
Retford, DN22 7NJ
Special 241 100% 46.9%
John Watson School
Oxford, OX33 1NN
Special 115 100% 31.3%
Southfield School
Hatfield, AL10 8NN
Special 108 100% 48.1%
Hill Top School
Gateshead, NE10 8LT
Special 127 100% 62.2%
Mill Green School
St Helens, WA9 1BU
Special 168 100% 46.4%
West Lancashire Community High School
Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH
Special 176 100% 38.1%
Beacon Hill School
North Tyneside, NE28 9JW
Special 243 100% 52.9%
Oakley School
Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4NE
Special 224 100% 43.3%
Childwall Abbey School
Liverpool, L16 5EY
Special 216 100% 60.2%
Newlands School
Manchester, M24 6JG
Special 131 100% 45.8%
Stone Hill School
Doncaster, DN5 7UB
Special 182 100% 44%