The Cedars Academy

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 Cedars Academy
(Your chosen school)
Special 231 100% 51.5%
Cambridge Park Academy
Grimsby, DN34 5EB
Special 215 100% 51.4%
The Ashley School
Lowestoft, NR32 4EU
Special 167 100% 53.3%
Pencalenick School
Truro, TR1 1TE
Special 195 100% 49.7%
Fosse Way School
Bath, BA3 3AL
Special 226 100% 47.8%
Beaumont Hill Academy
Darlington, DL1 2AN
Special 328 100% 49.1%
Oakwood Academy
Eccles, M30 9DY
Special 315 100% 50.5%
The Iffley Academy
Oxford, OX4 4DU
Special 176 100% 44.3%
Oak Wood Secondary School
Nuneaton, CV11 4QH
Special 167 100% 50.3%
Combe Pafford School
Torquay, TQ2 8NL
Special 258 100% 56.2%
Grantham Additional Needs Fellowship
Grantham, NG31 9AX
Special 251 100% 42.2%
Riverbank School
Coventry, CV3 2QD
Special 198 100% 55.6%
Saxon Mount School
St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 8HH
Special 160 100% 53.8%
Danecourt School
Gillingham, ME8 6AA
Special 254 100% 45.7%
Manor Academy Sale
Sale, M33 5JX
Special 207 100% 47.8%
St Lawrence School
Horncastle, LN9 5EJ
Special 181 100% 59.7%
Abbey School
Rotherham, S61 2RA
Special 218 100% 55%
Daventry Hill School
Daventry, NN11 0QE
Special 221 100% 37.1%
Redwood Park Academy
Portsmouth, PO6 2RY
Special 160 100% 61.9%
Treetops School
Grays, RM16 2WU
Special 309 100% 36.2%
Woodlands
Birmingham, B46 3JE
Special 215 100% 46%
Welcombe Hills School
Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6TQ
Special 184 100% 45.1%
Churchill Park Complex Needs School
King's Lynn, PE30 4RP
Special 230 100% 53.9%
Two Rivers High School
Tamworth, B77 2HJ
Special 255 100% 41.6%
Queensbury School
Birmingham, B24 8BL
Special 306 100% 58.5%
The Milestone School
Gloucester, GL2 9EU
Special 327 100% 46.8%
Belmont School
Cheltenham, GL51 3AT
Special 191 100% 45%
Stubbin Wood School
Mansfield, NG20 8QF
Special 237 86.5% 44.7%
The Martin Bacon Academy
Northstowe, CB24 1DH
Special 127 100% 37%
Springwell School
Hartlepool, TS26 0TB
Special 95 100% 52.7%