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.
We've chosen 29 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
| School | Type | Number of pupils | Pupils with special educational needs | Pupils eligible for free school meals | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Rose School (Your chosen school) | Special | 71 | 100% | 80.3% | 
| The Cedars Primary School Hounslow, TW5 9RU | Special | 66 | 100% | 75.8% | 
| New Rush Hall School Ilford, IG6 2LB | Special | 91 | 96.7% | 72.5% | 
| Rosewood School Bilston, WV14 8XJ | Special | 49 | 100% | 73.5% | 
| Woolton High School Liverpool, L25 6JA | Special | 75 | 100% | 64% | 
| Clifford Holroyde Specialist Sen College Liverpool, L14 7NX | Special | 70 | 100% | 77.1% | 
| Ernest Cookson School Liverpool, L13 0BQ | Special | 63 | 100% | 79.4% | 
| Willow Bank School Newton-le-Willows, WA12 8DE | Special | 71 | 100% | 64.8% | 
| Newfield School Liverpool, L23 4TG | Special | 129 | 100% | 72.7% | 
| Kilgarth School Birkenhead, CH41 8BA | Special | 60 | 100% | 83.3% | 
| Gilbrook School CH49 8HE | Special | 63 | 100% | 87.3% | 
| Woolston Brook School Warrington, WA1 4JL | Special | 69 | 100% | 66.7% | 
| Archers Brook SEMH Residential School Ellesmere Port, CH66 2NA | Special | 99 | 100% | 68.7% | 
| Elemore Hall School Durham, DH6 1QD | Special | 198 | 100% | 79.8% | 
| The Polygon School Southampton, SO15 2FH | Special | 76 | 100% | 81.6% | 
| Oakfield Hull, HU9 4HD | Special | 123 | 100% | 68.3% | 
| Moorbrook School Preston, PR2 3DB | Special | 72 | 100% | 72.2% | 
| Brookfield School Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7HE | Special | 84 | 100% | 58.3% | 
| Athena School Lincoln, LN5 8EL | Special | 118 | 100% | 56.8% | 
| High Well School Pontefract, WF8 2DD | Special | 104 | 100% | 76.7% | 
| Egerton High School Manchester, M41 7FZ | Special | 66 | 100% | 42.4% | 
| Windlehurst School Stockport, SK6 7HZ | Special | 54 | 100% | 68.5% | 
| Willow Grove Primary School Wigan, WN4 8XF | Special | 73 | 100% | 63% | 
| Emily Wilding Davison School Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE20 9QB | Special | 109 | 100% | 70.6% | 
| Hope School Liverpool, L25 2RY | Special | 68 | 100% | 80.9% | 
| Silverdale School Wallsend, NE28 0HG | Special | 143 | 100% | 82.7% | 
| Fortuna School Lincoln, LN6 0FB | Special | 80 | 100% | 68.8% | 
| Newbridge Learning Community Wigan, WN2 3TL | Special | 87 | 100% | 73.6% | 
| Elmwood School Walsall, WS4 1EG | Special | 83 | 100% | 72.3% |