Leigh Academy Milestone

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
Leigh Academy Milestone
(Your chosen school)
Special 392 100% 34.3%
The St Christopher School
Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 4AW
Special 257 100% 44.4%
Beaumont Hill Academy
Darlington, DL1 2AN
Special 328 100% 49.1%
Columbus School and College
Chelmsford, CM1 4ZB
Special 283 100% 30.4%
Hope Wood Academy
Durham, SR8 3LP
Special 227 100% 59.9%
Kingfisher School
Abingdon, OX14 3RR
Special 111 100% 27.9%
Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, TS12 2UW
Special 178 100% 38.2%
Co-op Academy Southfield
Bradford, BD5 9ET
Special 325 100% 46.2%
Billing Brook Special School
Northampton, NN3 8EZ
Special 261 100% 39.1%
Whitefield School
London, E17 4AZ
Special 374 100% 37.4%
Calthorpe Academy
Birmingham, B12 0TP
Special 432 100% 58.8%
John F Kennedy Special School
London, E15 4RZ
Special 181 100% 56.4%
Pond Meadow School
Guildford, GU1 1DR
Special 146 100% 32.9%
Piper Hill High School
Manchester, M23 2YS
Special 278 100% 59.7%
Rivermead School
Gillingham, ME7 1UG
Special 188 100% 44.2%
Spring Common Academy
Huntingdon, PE29 1TQ
Special 215 100% 48.4%
Dysart School
Surbiton, KT6 6HL
Special 164 100% 31.7%
The South Downs School
Eastbourne, BN20 8NU
Special 163 100% 33.3%
Kingfisher Special School
Oldham, OL9 9QR
Special 204 100% 41.9%
Market Field School
Colchester, CO7 7ET
Special 472 100% 42.4%
Willow Dene School
Plumstead, SE18 2JD
Special 287 100% 52.6%
Shenstone School
Crayford, DA1 4DZ
Special 191 100% 34%
Arbour Vale School
Slough, SL2 3AE
Special 345 100% 41.4%
The Fountains Primary School
Burton-on-Trent, DE13 0HB
Special 201 100% 43.3%
James Rennie School
Carlisle, CA3 0BU
Special 189 100% 28.6%
Selworthy Special School
Taunton, TA2 8HD
Special 201 100% 38.3%
Elms Bank
Bury, M45 8PJ
Special 339 100% 44.1%
Snowfields Academy
Maidstone, ME14 5GA
Special 232 100% 34.1%
Mayfield School
Birmingham, B19 1HJ
Special 309 100% 61.2%
Summerdown School
Eastbourne, BN22 9PZ
Special 132 100% 31.8%