The Avenue Special 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 Avenue Special School
(Your chosen school)
Special 233 100% 38.6%
Montacute School
Poole, BH17 9NG
Special 92 100% 44.6%
St John's School
Bedford, MK42 8AA
Special 183 100% 41.5%
Forest Way School
Coalville, LE67 4UU
Special 276 100% 33%
Moorcroft School
Uxbridge, UB8 3BF
Special 133 100% 51.1%
The Pioneer School
Basildon, SS14 2LA
Special 174 100% 31.6%
Portland Academy
Sunderland, SR3 2NQ
Special 204 100% 58.3%
Melland High School
Gorton, M18 7DT
Special 223 100% 57%
Wigston Birkett House Community Special School
Leics, LE18 2DT
Special 242 100% 32.2%
Kingfisher School
Abingdon, OX14 3RR
Special 111 100% 27.9%
Glyne Gap School
Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 2PU
Special 118 100% 39.7%
Hazelbeck Special School
Bingley, BD16 1EE
Special 155 100% 33.5%
Co-op Academy Southfield
Bradford, BD5 9ET
Special 325 100% 46.2%
Three Ways School
Bath, BA2 5RF
Special 236 100% 44.1%
Joseph Clarke School
London, E4 9PP
Special 105 100% 48.6%
Mary Rose Academy
Portsmouth, PO4 8GT
Special 193 100% 50.3%
The Ridgeway School
Farnham, GU9 8HB
Special 111 100% 32.1%
Spring Common Academy
Huntingdon, PE29 1TQ
Special 215 100% 48.4%
Uplands School
Swindon, SN25 2NB
Special 171 100% 35.1%
Meadowgate Academy
Wisbech, PE13 2JH
Special 182 100% 51.1%
Brooke School
Rugby, CV22 6DY
Special 202 100% 43.6%
New Siblands School
Bristol, BS35 2JU
Special 126 100% 31%
The Fountains High School
Burton-on-Trent, DE13 0HB
Special 236 100% 38.6%
Hexham Priory School
Hexham, NE46 1UY
Special 119 100% 41.9%
Firwood High School
Bolton, BL2 4HU
Special 212 100% 51.4%
Riverwalk School
Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 2PD
Special 203 100% 41.9%
Springfield School
WITNEY, OX28 1AR
Special 107 100% 31.8%
The Bridge School
Ipswich, IP8 3ND
Special 182 100% 42.3%
Mabel Prichard School
Oxford, OX4 6SB
Special 117 100% 38.1%
Mary Elliot Academy
Walsall, WS2 7NR
Special 140 100% 53.6%