West Lancashire Community High 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 Lancashire Community High School
(Your chosen school)
Special 176 100% 38.1%
Bluebell Park School
Liverpool, L32 3XP
Special 238 100% 55.5%
Millwood Primary Special School
Bury, M26 3BW
Special 192 100% 41.7%
Castle Hill High School
Stockport, SK2 5DS
Special 350 100% 43.1%
Delamere School
Manchester, M41 6AP
Special 136 100% 40%
Warmley Park School
Bristol, BS30 8XL
Special 183 100% 34.4%
Ravenswood School
Bristol, BS48 2NN
Special 140 100% 40%
Ivel Valley School & College
Biggleswade, SG18 0NL
Special 261 100% 42.9%
Fox Wood Special School
Warrington, WA1 4LS
Special 174 100% 45.4%
Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College
Chester, CH2 1HD
Special 170 100% 43.5%
Mayfield School
Whitehaven, CA28 8UG
Special 274 100% 48.5%
Sandgate School
Kendal, LA9 6JG
Special 166 100% 32.5%
St Hugh's Special School
Scunthorpe, DN16 1NB
Special 160 100% 50.6%
Morecambe Road School
Morecambe, LA3 3AB
Special 224 100% 48.7%
Chorley Astley Park School
Chorley, PR7 1JZ
Special 161 100% 37.9%
Broadfield Specialist School
Burnley, BB11 5BT
Special 267 100% 50.6%
Kirkham Pear Tree School
Preston, PR4 2HA
Special 112 100% 38.4%
Mayfield School
Chorley, PR7 3HN
Special 133 100% 38.3%
The Loyne Specialist School
Lancaster, LA1 2QD
Special 121 100% 43%
Oswaldtwistle White Ash School
Accrington, BB5 4QG
Special 118 100% 42.4%
John Watson School
Oxford, OX33 1NN
Special 115 100% 31.3%
Fairmead School
Yeovil, BA21 4NZ
Special 152 100% 44.7%
Exhall Grange Specialist School
Coventry, CV7 9HP
Special 271 100% 34.3%
Mill Green School
St Helens, WA9 1BU
Special 168 100% 46.4%
Oakley School
Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4NE
Special 224 100% 43.3%
Holly Grove School
Burnley, BB10 1JD
Special 138 100% 42.8%
Springside
Manchester, OL16 2SU
Special 152 100% 39.5%
Newlands School
Manchester, M24 6JG
Special 131 100% 45.8%
Sir Tom Finney Community High School
Preston, PR2 6EE
Special 255 100% 47.8%
Stone Hill School
Doncaster, DN5 7UB
Special 182 100% 44%