Harlow Fields School and College

Schools we chose for benchmarking

These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.

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Running cost categories

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
Harlow Fields School and College
(Your chosen school)
Special 177 100% 27.7%
Chelsea Community Hospital School
London, SW10 9NH
Special 108 59.3% 34.3%
Mandeville School
Middlesex, UB6 0PA
Special 182 100% 34.9%
Corbets Tey School
Upminster, RM14 2YQ
Special 158 100% 31.6%
Richmond Hill School
Luton, LU2 7JL
Special 282 100% 35.1%
Woodlands Secondary School
Luton, LU3 3SP
Special 263 100% 42.2%
Chiltern Wood School
High Wycombe, HP12 3NE
Special 218 100% 27.5%
Samuel Pepys School
St Neots, PE19 2EZ
Special 124 100% 45.2%
Cann Bridge School
Plymouth, PL6 8EE
Special 115 100% 39.1%
Glenwood School
Benfleet, SS7 4LW
Special 248 100% 29.8%
The Shrubberies School
Stonehouse, GL10 2DG
Special 136 100% 42.6%
Limington House School
Basingstoke, RG22 6PS
Special 102 100% 34.3%
Shepherds Down Special School
Winchester, SO21 2AJ
Special 195 100% 34.4%
Lakeside School
Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6YN
Special 112 100% 32.1%
Breakspeare School
Abbots Langley, WD5 0BU
Special 139 100% 43.2%
Woodfield School
Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8RL
Special 125 100% 36%
Watling View School
St Albans, AL1 2NU
Special 111 100% 34.2%
Amwell View School
Ware, SG12 8EH
Special 184 100% 31%
St Anne's School and Sixth Form College
Hessle, HU13 9AR
Special 155 100% 32.9%
The Children's Hospital School
Leicester, LE1 5WW
Special 80 81.3% 20%
Sheringham Woodfields School
Sheringham, NR26 8ND
Special 158 100% 43%
Frank Wise School
Banbury, OX16 9RL
Special 121 100% 39.3%
Hillside Special School
Sudbury, CO10 1NN
Special 86 100% 44.2%
Portesbery School
Deepcut, GU16 6TA
Special 144 100% 35.9%
Evergreen School
Warwick, CV34 5DF
Special 280 100% 38.9%
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, Horsham
Horsham, RH13 5NW
Special 138 100% 26.3%
Herons Dale School
Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6TN
Special 145 100% 32.4%
Hollywater School
Bordon, GU35 0HA
Special 144 100% 41.7%
Rowan Gate Primary School -Three Sites and Two Satellites
Wellingborough, NN8 4NS
Special 296 100% 36.5%
Henry Tyndale School
Farnborough, GU14 8BX
Special 172 100% 29.1%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 30 similar schools to benchmark this school against building cost categories, which includes utilities, cleaning and maintenance.

How we chose these schools

We chose these schools based on:

  • school phase or type
  • region
  • gross internal floor area
  • average age of buildings
  • whether they are a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) school
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Gross internal floor area Average age of buildings
Harlow Fields School and College
(Your chosen school)
Special 177 Sign in to see
St Giles School
South Croydon, CR2 6DF
Special 115
Baskerville School
Birmingham, B17 9TS
Special 190
Sherbourne Fields School
Coventry, CV6 1PR
Special 261
Reynalds Cross School
Solihull, B92 7ER
Special 143
Alt Bridge School
Liverpool, L36 7TA
Special 325
Woolley Wood School
Sheffield, S5 9QN
Special 102
Ravenscliffe High School
Halifax, HX3 0RZ
Special 257
Ivel Valley School & College
Biggleswade, SG18 0NL
Special 259
Kirkleatham Hall School
Redcar, TS10 4QR
Special 204
The Lampard Community School
Barnstaple, EX32 9DD
Special 184
Beaucroft Foundation School
Wimborne, BH21 2SS
Special 231
St Luke's School
St Albans, AL3 7ET
Special 178
Amwell View School
Ware, SG12 8EH
Special 184
Heathlands School
St Albans, AL3 5AY
Special 152
Greenside School
Stevenage, SG2 9XS
Special 190
Northcott School and Sixth Form College
Hull, HU7 4EL
Special 183
St George's School
Newport, PO30 1XW
Special 212
Bower Grove School
Maidstone, ME16 8NL
Special 239
Great Arley School
Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 4HH
Special 107
Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School
Blackpool, FY5 4HH
Special 134
The Parkside School, Norwich
Norwich, NR2 3JA
Special 189
John Grant School, Caister-on-Sea
Great Yarmouth, NR30 5QW
Special 195
Welburn Hall School
York, YO62 7HQ
Special 112
Collingwood School & Media Arts College
Morpeth, NE61 2HA
Special 308
Haughton School
Telford, TF7 4BW
Special 193
Stephen Hawking School
London, E14 7LL
Special 98
Kingsbury Primary Special School
Skelmersdale, WN8 8EH
Special 133
Kingsland Primary School
Wakefield, WF3 4BA
Special 201
Applefields School
York, YO31 0LW
Special 224