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 200 100% 45.5%
Little Heath School
Romford, RM6 5RX
Special 236 100% 40.3%
Hatton Special School
Woodford Green, IG8 8EU
Special 196 100% 41.8%
Langley School
Sutton Coldfield, B75 6TJ
Special 131 100% 51.9%
Reynalds Cross School
Solihull, B92 7ER
Special 143 100% 41.3%
Millwood Primary Special School
Bury, M26 3BW
Special 174 100% 39.7%
Highbury School
Brighouse, HD6 3LD
Special 154 100% 39.6%
Epinay Business and Enterprise School
South Shields, NE34 8BT
Special 209 100% 57.6%
Kingsweston School
Bristol, BS11 0UT
Special 179 100% 49.2%
Ivel Valley School & College
Biggleswade, SG18 0NL
Special 259 100% 39%
Heltwate School
Peterborough, PE3 8RL
Special 212 100% 50%
Brackenfield Special School
Nottingham, NG10 4DA
Special 206 100% 45.6%
Alfreton Park Community Special School
Alfreton, DE55 7AL
Special 135 100% 54.8%
Winchelsea School
Poole, BH12 4LL
Special 235 100% 43.8%
Hill Park School
Brighton, BN41 2FU
Special 264 100% 43.6%
Oak Lodge School
Southampton, SO45 4RQ
Special 164 100% 43.9%
Northcott School and Sixth Form College
Hull, HU7 4EL
Special 183 100% 47.5%
Applebee Wood Community Specialist School
Preston, PR5 5SS
Special 169 100% 50%
Cleaswell Hill School
Choppington, NE62 5DJ
Special 251 100% 50.6%
St Giles School
Retford, DN22 7NJ
Special 201 100% 43.8%
John Watson School
Oxford, OX33 1NN
Special 113 100% 29.2%
Southfield School
Hatfield, AL10 8NN
Special 102 100% 59.8%
Newark Orchard School
Newark, NG24 3AL
Special 169 100% 49.1%
Mill Green School
St Helens, WA9 1BU
Special 151 100% 42.4%
West Lancashire Community High School
Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH
Special 164 100% 33.5%
Oakley School
Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4NE
Special 238 100% 42.4%
Lansbury Bridge School
St Helens, WA9 1TB
Special 237 100% 47.7%
Pendle View Primary School
Colne, BB8 8JT
Special 134 100% 42.5%
Newlands School
Manchester, M24 6JG
Special 132 100% 42.4%
Stone Hill School
Doncaster, DN5 7UB
Special 166 100% 45.2%