Dryden 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
Dryden School
(Your chosen school)
Special 71 100% 46.5%
Tuke School
London, SE15 6ER
Special 100 100% 73%
Mapledown School
London, NW2 1TR
Special 114 100% 49.1%
St Ann's School
London, W7 3JP
Special 124 100% 47.6%
Pens Meadow School
Stourbridge, DY8 5ST
Special 114 100% 41.2%
Reynalds Cross School
Solihull, B92 7ER
Special 143 100% 41.3%
Bluebell Park School
Liverpool, L32 3XP
Special 225 100% 56.6%
Merefield School
Southport, PR8 2QZ
Special 110 100% 51.8%
The Birches School
Manchester, M20 2XZ
Special 170 100% 60%
Oakdale School
Dukinfield, SK16 5LD
Special 169 100% 62.7%
Brentwood School
Sale, M33 4GY
Special 169 100% 42.6%
Talbot Specialist School
Sheffield, S8 9JP
Special 234 100% 55.6%
Sunningdale School
Sunderland, SR3 2PP
Special 137 100% 49.6%
Fox Wood Special School
Warrington, WA1 4LS
Special 138 100% 45.7%
Villa Real School
Consett, DH8 6BH
Special 119 100% 55.5%
Shorefields School
Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 6HF
Special 162 100% 54.9%
Westfield School
Leominster, HR6 8NZ
Special 73 100% 32.9%
Bleasdale School
Carnforth, LA5 0RG
Special 59 100% 47.5%
Kirkham Pear Tree School
Preston, PR4 2HA
Special 112 100% 39.3%
Mayfield School
Chorley, PR7 3HN
Special 129 100% 38%
Nether Hall School
Leicester, LE5 1RT
Special 136 100% 44.9%
Hall School
Norwich, NR6 7AD
Special 99 100% 42.4%
Harford Manor School, Norwich
Norwich, NR2 2LN
Special 106 100% 52.8%
Fairfields School
Northampton, NN2 6JN
Special 125 100% 32%
Ash Lea School
Cotgrave, NG12 3PA
Special 99 100% 31.3%
Fiveways Special School
Yeovil, BA21 5AZ
Special 98 100% 49%
Beacon Hill School
North Tyneside, NE28 9JW
Special 240 99.6% 50%
Woodlands School
Edgware, HA8 6JP
Special 137 100% 29.9%
Kingsley High School
Harrow, HA3 6ND
Special 129 100% 41.1%
Oakfield Park School
Pontefract, WF7 7DT
Special 162 100% 57.4%