Castlewood 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 29 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
Castlewood School
(Your chosen school)
Special 91 100% 68.1%
Stephenson Academy
Milton Keynes, MK14 6AX
Special 121 100% 66.1%
Marchbank Free School
Darlington, DL3 9BL
Special 53 100% 75.5%
Longspee Academy
Poole, BH17 8PJ
Special 117 100% 61.5%
Littledown School
Slough, SL1 3QW
Special 32 100% 81.3%
Riversides School
Worcester, WR1 3HZ
Special 68 100% 80.9%
Kingfisher School
Redditch, B98 0HF
Special 139 100% 60.9%
Adelaide School
Crewe, CW1 3DT
Special 91 100% 53.8%
Discovery Academy
Nuneaton, CV11 5SS
Special 97 100% 57.7%
North View Academy
Sunderland, SR4 0HB
Special 84 100% 67.9%
Springwell Special Academy
Barnsley, S71 2AY
Special 117 100% 67.5%
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%
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%
Quest Academy
Rugby, CV22 5PE
Special 100 100% 37%
Brantridge School
Haywards Heath, RH17 6EQ
Special 69 100% 42%
Queensway
Telford, TF4 3PP
Special 118 100% 49.2%
Hamilton School
Reading, RG1 5SG
Special 60 100% 63.3%
Orion Academy
Oxford, OX4 6DQ
Special 83 100% 69.9%
Sir Bobby Robson School
Ipswich, IP3 9FA
Special 64 100% 57.8%
The Promise School
Okehampton, EX20 1GH
Special 46 100% 67.4%
River Tees Academy Grangetown
Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA
Special 40 100% 80%
Sir Peter Hall School
Bury St. Edmunds, IP32 7PJ
Special 57 100% 64.9%
Brompton Hall School
Scarborough, YO13 9DB
Special 83 100% 63.9%