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 164 100% 33.5%
Tiverton School
Coventry, CV3 4DE
Special 133 100% 33.1%
Reynalds Cross School
Solihull, B92 7ER
Special 143 100% 41.3%
Millwood Primary Special School
Bury, M26 3BW
Special 174 100% 39.7%
Castle Hill High School
Stockport, SK2 5DS
Special 341 100% 39.9%
Warmley Park School
Bristol, BS30 8XL
Special 170 100% 28.8%
Ravenswood School
Bristol, BS48 2NN
Special 136 100% 39%
Ivel Valley School & College
Biggleswade, SG18 0NL
Special 259 100% 39%
Winchelsea School
Poole, BH12 4LL
Special 235 100% 43.8%
St Hugh's Special School
Scunthorpe, DN16 1NB
Special 157 100% 49%
Morecambe Road School
Morecambe, LA3 3AB
Special 221 100% 45.2%
Chorley Astley Park School
Chorley, PR7 1JZ
Special 164 100% 32.3%
Applebee Wood Community Specialist School
Preston, PR5 5SS
Special 169 100% 50%
Broadfield Specialist School
Burnley, BB11 5BT
Special 242 100% 48.3%
Kirkham Pear Tree School
Preston, PR4 2HA
Special 112 100% 39.3%
Mayfield School
Chorley, PR7 3HN
Special 129 100% 38%
The Loyne Specialist School
Lancaster, LA1 2QD
Special 116 100% 40.5%
Oswaldtwistle White Ash School
Accrington, BB5 4QG
Special 116 100% 41.4%
Brooklands School
Skipton, BD23 2DB
Special 108 100% 36.1%
John Watson School
Oxford, OX33 1NN
Special 113 100% 29.2%
Fairmead School
Yeovil, BA21 4NZ
Special 150 100% 44%
Exhall Grange Specialist School
Coventry, CV7 9HP
Special 275 100% 33.1%
Palatine Primary School
Worthing, BN12 6JP
Special 223 100% 33.2%
Mill Green School
St Helens, WA9 1BU
Special 151 100% 42.4%
Kingsbury Primary Special School
Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH
Special 133 100% 39.8%
Oakley School
Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4NE
Special 238 100% 42.4%
Woodlands School
Edgware, HA8 6JP
Special 137 100% 29.9%
Applefields School
York, YO31 0LW
Special 224 100% 35.7%
Newlands School
Manchester, M24 6JG
Special 132 100% 42.4%
Stone Hill School
Doncaster, DN5 7UB
Special 166 100% 45.2%