Marchbank Free 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
Marchbank Free School
(Your chosen school)
Special 53 100% 75.5%
Cloughwood Academy
Northwich, CW8 1NU
Special 122 100% 70.5%
Riversides School
Worcester, WR1 3HZ
Special 68 100% 80.9%
North View Academy
Sunderland, SR4 0HB
Special 84 100% 67.9%
Westlands Academy
Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9RA
Special 83 100% 68.7%
Trinity Academy Newcastle
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 8XJ
Special 198 100% 86.2%
Cuckmere House School
Seaford, BN25 4BA
Special 81 100% 64.2%
New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)
St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 9JU
Special 85 100% 65.9%
St Mary's School
Heathfield, TN21 0BT
Special 88 100% 54.5%
Bridgeview Special School
Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD
Special 62 100% 75.8%
Riverside Meadows Academy
St Neots, PE19 1EA
Special 107 100% 72%
Larwood School
Stevenage, SG1 5BZ
Special 100 100% 58%
Endeavour Academy Bexley
Bexleyheath, DA7 6LB
Special 82 100% 67.1%
Aspire Academy
Welling, DA16 1JB
Special 55 100% 74.5%
Venture Academy
Henley-in-Arden, B95 6AD
Special 46 100% 67.4%
Knowle DGE Academy
Bristol, BS4 1QY
Special 166 100% 75.3%
Unified Academy
Dorking, RH5 4DB
Special 61 100% 83.6%
Trinity Academy New Bridge
Sunderland, SR5 3NF
Special 134 100% 70.9%
Hamilton School
Reading, RG1 5SG
Special 60 100% 63.3%
Orion Academy
Oxford, OX4 6DQ
Special 83 100% 69.9%
Northern House Academy
Oxford, OX2 7JN
Special 87 100% 55.2%
Sir Bobby Robson School
Ipswich, IP3 9FA
Special 64 100% 57.8%
Soundwell Academy
Kingswood, BS16 4RL
Special 133 100% 62.4%
Bramley Oak Academy
Guildford, GU5 0BJ
Special 56 100% 71.4%
North Star 240°
Bristol, BS11 0QA
Special 76 100% 81.6%
The Promise School
Okehampton, EX20 1GH
Special 46 100% 67.4%
River Tees Academy Grangetown
Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA
Special 40 100% 80%
Brompton Hall School
Scarborough, YO13 9DB
Special 83 100% 63.9%
Gilbert Ward Academy
Blyth, NE24 2TS
Special 29 100% 58.6%
Brunel School
Paignton, TQ3 2AL
Special 54 100% 79.6%