St John's 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
St John's School
(Your chosen school)
Special 183 100% 41.5%
The Avenue Special School
Reading, RG30 4BZ
Special 233 100% 38.6%
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%
Hazelbeck Special School
Bingley, BD16 1EE
Special 155 100% 33.5%
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%
Kelford School
Rotherham, S61 2NU
Special 144 100% 46.5%
Uplands School
Swindon, SN25 2NB
Special 171 100% 35.1%
Shenstone School
Crayford, DA1 4DZ
Special 191 100% 34%
The Bridge School
Birmingham, B73 6UE
Special 90 100% 48.9%
Meadowgate Academy
Wisbech, PE13 2JH
Special 182 100% 51.1%
NCEA Castle School
Ashington, NE63 9FZ
Special 138 100% 52.2%
New Siblands School
Bristol, BS35 2JU
Special 126 100% 31%
Hexham Priory School
Hexham, NE46 1UY
Special 119 100% 41.9%
James Rennie School
Carlisle, CA3 0BU
Special 189 100% 28.6%
Firwood High School
Bolton, BL2 4HU
Special 212 100% 51.4%
Riverwalk School
Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 2PD
Special 203 100% 41.9%
Warren School
Lowestoft, NR33 8HT
Special 131 100% 45.8%
Selworthy Special School
Taunton, TA2 8HD
Special 201 100% 38.3%
Critchill Special School
Frome, BA11 4LB
Special 97 100% 36.1%
St Andrew's Academy
Derby, DE21 4EW
Special 152 100% 46.7%
The Bridge School
Ipswich, IP8 3ND
Special 182 100% 42.3%
Willoughby Academy
Bourne, PE10 9JD
Special 140 100% 39.3%
Stubbin Wood School
Mansfield, NG20 8QF
Special 237 86.5% 44.7%
Mabel Prichard School
Oxford, OX4 6SB
Special 117 100% 38.1%
Pitcheroak School
Redditch, B97 6PQ
Special 155 100% 38.7%
Mary Elliot Academy
Walsall, WS2 7NR
Special 140 100% 53.6%