Forest Park School

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
Forest Park School
(Your chosen school)
Special 143 100% 44.8%
Cherry Garden School
London, SE15 5BB
Special 94 100% 57.4%
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee School
London, W9 3LG
Special 90 100% 65.6%
Mandeville School
Middlesex, UB6 0PA
Special 182 100% 34.9%
St Ann's School
London, W7 3JP
Special 124 100% 47.6%
Perseid School
Morden, SM4 5LT
Special 160 100% 55%
Palmerston School
Liverpool, L17 6AU
Special 174 100% 57.5%
Redbridge High School
Liverpool, L9 6AD
Special 147 100% 51%
Woodlands Secondary School
Luton, LU3 3SP
Special 263 100% 42.2%
Chiltern Wood School
High Wycombe, HP12 3NE
Special 218 100% 27.5%
The Redway School
Milton Keynes, MK6 4HG
Special 179 100% 40.2%
Bettridge School
Cheltenham, GL51 3AT
Special 144 100% 38.2%
Icknield School
Andover, SP11 6LT
Special 94 100% 48.9%
Limington House School
Basingstoke, RG22 6PS
Special 102 100% 34.3%
St Francis Special School
Fareham, PO14 3BN
Special 110 100% 43.6%
Breakspeare School
Abbots Langley, WD5 0BU
Special 139 100% 43.2%
Abbey Court Foundation Special School
Rochester, ME2 3SP
Special 217 100% 45.6%
Nether Hall School
Leicester, LE5 1RT
Special 136 100% 44.9%
Springhead School
Scarborough, YO12 4HA
Special 104 100% 56.7%
Frank Wise School
Banbury, OX16 9RL
Special 121 100% 39.3%
Fiveways Special School
Yeovil, BA21 5AZ
Special 98 100% 49%
Hillside Special School
Sudbury, CO10 1NN
Special 86 100% 44.2%
Woodlands School
Leatherhead, KT22 8RY
Special 106 100% 23.4%
Portesbery School
Deepcut, GU16 6TA
Special 144 100% 35.9%
Herons Dale School
Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6TN
Special 145 100% 32.4%
Hollywater School
Bordon, GU35 0HA
Special 144 100% 41.7%
Henry Tyndale School
Farnborough, GU14 8BX
Special 172 100% 29.1%
Kingsley High School
Harrow, HA3 6ND
Special 129 100% 41.1%
The Livity School
London, SW16 2PW
Special 127 100% 54.3%
Keelman's Way School
Hebburn, NE31 1QY
Special 175 100% 55.4%

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
Forest Park School
(Your chosen school)
Special 143 Sign in to see
Watergate School
London, SE6 3WG
Special 189
Tuke School
London, SE15 6ER
Special 100
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee School
London, W9 3LG
Special 90
Waverley School
Enfield, EN3 7DL
Special 163
Pens Meadow School
Pensnett, DY5 4LN
Special 114
Millstead School
Liverpool, L5 3LU
Special 263
Rumworth School
Bolton, BL3 4TP
Special 336
The Birches School
Manchester, M20 2XZ
Special 170
Ravenshall School
Dewsbury, WF12 9EE
Special 200
Briarwood School
Bristol, BS16 4EA
Special 167
The Woodlands School
Milton Keynes, MK8 0PU
Special 233
Slated Row School
Milton Keynes, MK12 5NJ
Special 237
Booker Park Community School
Aylesbury, HP21 9ET
Special 243
The Redway School
Milton Keynes, MK6 4HG
Special 179
Greenbank School
Northwich, CW8 1LD
Special 121
Oaklands School
Winsford, CW7 1NU
Special 172
Ifield School
Gravesend, DA12 5JT
Special 276
Rowhill School
Longfield, DA3 7PW
Special 161
St Nicholas' School
Canterbury, CT1 3JJ
Special 390
John Grant School, Caister-on-Sea
Great Yarmouth, NR30 5QW
Special 195
St Giles School
Retford, DN22 7NJ
Special 201
Fiveways Special School
Yeovil, BA21 5AZ
Special 98
Crowdys Hill School
Swindon, SN2 7HJ
Special 326
Russet House School
Enfield, EN1 4JA
Special 145
Oakfield High School and College
Wigan, WN2 4XA
Special 399
Fort Royal
Worcester, WR5 1DR
Special 232
Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)
Melton Mowbray, LE13 1HA
Special 245
Granta School
Cambridge, CB21 4NN
Special 182
Castle School, Cambridge
Cambridge, CB4 2EE
Special 235