The Oaks Secondary 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
The Oaks Secondary School
(Your chosen school)
Special 349 100% 59%
Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research Centre
London, NW8 6HX
Special 260 100% 58.1%
Red Gates School
South Croydon, CR2 8HD
Special 160 100% 48.8%
Riverside School
London, N22 5QJ
Special 173 100% 59.5%
Marjory Kinnon School
Feltham, TW14 9QZ
Special 308 100% 43.8%
Oaklands School
Hounslow, TW3 4BX
Special 267 100% 42.3%
Clare Mount Specialist Sports College
Leasowe, CH46 1RA
Special 410 100% 54.9%
Broomfield South SILC
Leeds, LS10 3JP
Special 272 100% 55.5%
Epinay Business and Enterprise School
South Shields, NE34 8BT
Special 209 100% 57.6%
Heltwate School
Peterborough, PE3 8RL
Special 212 100% 50%
Green Lane Community Special School
Warrington, WA1 4LS
Special 235 100% 42.6%
Mayfield School
Whitehaven, CA28 8UG
Special 257 100% 44.4%
Croft Community School
Stanley, DH9 8PR
Special 287 100% 61%
Villa Real School
Consett, DH8 6BH
Special 119 100% 55.5%
Durham Trinity School & Sports College
Durham, DH1 5WB
Special 252 100% 52.4%
Hill Park School
Brighton, BN41 2FU
Special 264 100% 43.6%
The Edith Borthwick School
Braintree, CM7 2YN
Special 241 100% 44.4%
Nexus Foundation Special School
Tonbridge, TN11 8AA
Special 305 100% 40.5%
St Nicholas' School
Canterbury, CT1 3JJ
Special 390 100% 49%
Ashgate Specialist Support Primary School
Manchester, M22 5DR
Special 156 100% 63.5%
Newark Orchard School
Newark, NG24 3AL
Special 169 100% 49.1%
Mill Green School
St Helens, WA9 1BU
Special 151 100% 42.4%
Gibside School
Gateshead, NE8 4DE
Special 211 100% 51.2%
Fort Royal
Worcester, WR5 1DR
Special 232 100% 35.3%
Beacon Hill School
North Tyneside, NE28 9JW
Special 240 99.6% 50%
The Wyvern School (Buxford)
Ashford, TN23 4ER
Special 371 100% 43.3%
Evergreen Primary School
Bishop Auckland, DL14 6LS
Special 205 100% 62.6%
Meadowfield School
SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 4NL
Special 401 100% 47.5%
Lansbury Bridge School
St Helens, WA9 1TB
Special 237 100% 47.7%
Redwood
Rochdale, OL11 5EW
Special 344 100% 50.9%