Littledown School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.

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Running cost categories

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
Littledown School
(Your chosen school)
Special 37 100% 59.5%
Marchbank Free School
Darlington, DL3 9BL
Special 55 100% 60%
Longspee Academy
Poole, BH17 8PJ
Special 111 100% 60.4%
Riversides School
Worcester, WR1 3HZ
Special 69 100% 76.8%
Discovery Academy
Nuneaton, CV11 5SS
Special 102 100% 62.7%
North View Academy
Sunderland, SR4 0HB
Special 82 100% 62.2%
Cuckmere House School
Seaford, BN25 4BA
Special 85 100% 68.2%
New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)
St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 9JU
Special 69 100% 68.1%
St Mary's School
Heathfield, TN21 0BT
Special 84 100% 58.3%
Chiltern Way Academy
Aylesbury, HP22 6NL
Special 285 100% 50.5%
Larwood School
Stevenage, SG1 5BZ
Special 117 100% 58.1%
Endeavour Academy Bexley
Bexleyheath, DA7 6LB
Special 95 100% 69.5%
Fern House School
Enfield, EN3 6NY
Special 72 100% 70.8%
Brantridge School
Haywards Heath, RH17 6EQ
Special 77 100% 41.6%
Queensway
Telford, TF4 3PP
Special 129 100% 51.2%
Littlegreen Academy
Chichester, PO18 9NW
Special 80 100% 57.5%
Unified Academy
Dorking, RH5 4DB
Special 84 100% 75.9%
Harbour School Dorset
BH20 6NU
Special 140 100% 53.6%
Orion Academy
Oxford, OX4 6DQ
Special 74 100% 70.3%
Northern House Academy
Oxford, OX2 7JN
Special 85 100% 51.8%
The Ropemakers' Academy
Hailsham, BN27 1FB
Special 111 100% 62.2%
The Promise School
Okehampton, EX20 1GH
Special 79 100% 65.8%
River Tees Academy Grangetown
Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA
Special 52 100% 76.9%
The Wymering School
Portsmouth, PO6 3YB
Special 73 100% 50.7%
The Flagship School
Hastings, TN34 2AE
Special 61 100% 62.3%
Bloxham Grove Academy
Banbury, OX15 4UL
Special 77 100% 50.6%
Hopescourt School
West Molesey, KT8 1QW
Special 72 100% 38.9%
Hill View School
Martock, TA12 6GD
Special 55 100% 54.5%
Bowman Academy
Loughborough, LE12 9BN
Special 41 100% 46.3%
Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke
Basingstoke, RG22 5TH
Special 50 100% 68%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 30 similar schools to benchmark this school against building cost categories, which includes utilities, cleaning and maintenance.

How we chose these schools

We chose these schools based on:

  • school phase or type
  • region
  • gross internal floor area
  • average age of buildings
  • whether they are a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) school
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Gross internal floor area Average age of buildings
Littledown School
(Your chosen school)
Special 37 Sign in to see
Lift Crescent View
Cheltenham, GL52 5QH
Special 67
The Cedars Academy
Gateshead, NE9 6QD
Special 243
Kingfisher School
Abingdon, OX14 3RR
Special 116
Glyne Gap School
Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 2PU
Special 130
Longspee Academy
Poole, BH17 8PJ
Special 111
Torfield School
Hastings, TN34 3JT
Special 102
Cuckmere House School
Seaford, BN25 4BA
Special 85
New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)
St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 9JU
Special 69
Rivermead School
Gillingham, ME7 1UG
Special 151
Bedelsford School
Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2QZ
Special 133
The South Downs School
Eastbourne, BN20 8NU
Special 173
Sutton House Academy
Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG
Special 89
Shenstone School
Crayford, DA1 4DZ
Special 209
Notton House Academy
Chippenham, SN15 2NF
Special 53
Kisharon School
London, NW4 1TP
Special 77
Oak Hill School
London, EN4 8XE
Special 50
Kingswode Hoe School
Colchester, CO3 3QJ
Special 154
Grafham Grange School
Guildford, GU5 0LH
Special 70
The Fountains High School
Burton-on-Trent, DE13 0HB
Special 250
Crosshill Special School
Darwen, BB3 1HZ
Special 175
Battledown School
Cheltenham, GL52 6PZ
Special 70
Brandles School
Baldock, SG7 6EY
Special 70
Northern House Academy
Oxford, OX2 7JN
Special 85
Bramley Oak Academy
Guildford, GU5 0BJ
Special 57
Foxfields Academy
Blaby, LE8 4FE
Special 98
Woodlands School
Shrewsbury, SY4 5PJ
Special 55
Sunrise Academy
Lowestoft, NR33 8AX
Special 44
Bishopswood School
Reading, RG4 9RH
Special 74
The Flagship School
Hastings, TN34 2AE
Special 61