Forest Bridge 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
Forest Bridge School
(Your chosen school)
Special 122 100% 12.3%
Lighthouse School Leeds
Leeds, LS16 6QB
Special 90 100% 23.3%
Foxwood Academy
Nottingham, NG9 3GF
Special 113 100% 39.8%
Thames Valley School
Reading, RG30 4BZ
Special 59 100% 44.1%
Churchill Special Free School
Haverhill, CB9 0LB
Special 71 100% 22.5%
Hawthorns School
Hyde, SK14 6PJ
Special 233 100% 42.5%
Endeavour Academy, Oxford
Oxford, OX3 8DD
Special 31 100% 12.9%
Pond Meadow School
Guildford, GU1 1DR
Special 154 100% 39%
Church Lawton School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3EL
Special 84 100% 28.6%
Rivermead School
Gillingham, ME7 1UG
Special 151 100% 55.4%
Dysart School
Surbiton, KT6 6HL
Special 173 100% 36.4%
High Park School
Bradford, BD9 6RY
Special 120 100% 44.2%
Branthwaite Academy
Workington, CA14 4SS
Special 66 100% 36.4%
Linden Bridge School
Worcester Park, KT4 7JW
Special 139 100% 30.2%
Purple Oaks Academy
Northampton, NN2 7RR
Special 121 100% 30.6%
The Wherry School
Norwich, NR1 2GB
Special 130 100% 29.2%
St Dominic's School
Godalming, GU8 4DX
Special 162 100% 37%
The Chalet School
Swindon, SN3 6EX
Special 87 100% 32.2%
Woodside Academy
Erith, DA8 3PB
Special 207 100% 33.3%
Aspire School
Sittingbourne, ME10 5DA
Special 188 100% 38.3%
Leigh Academy Snowfields
Maidstone, ME14 5GA
Special 303 100% 34.7%
Chiltern Way Academy Austen
BASINGSTOKE, RG24 9BP
Special 131 100% 22.1%
Chiltern Way Academy Wokingham
Wokingham, RG40 2HR
Special 64 100% 48.4%
Chatten Free School
Rivenhall, CM8 3HH
Special 75 100% 26.7%
The Cavendish School
Impington, CB24 9LY
Special 116 100% 30.2%
Summerdown School
Eastbourne, BN22 9PZ
Special 161 100% 31.1%
Tettenhall Wood School
Wolverhampton, WV6 8XF
Special 170 100% 57.6%
The Hawthorns School
Chelmsford, CM1 2XT
Special 30 100% 20%
Spring School
Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7AB
Special 49 100% 34.7%
Oak Tree School
Wokingham, RG41 5LP
Special 96 100% 29.2%

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
Forest Bridge School
(Your chosen school)
Special 122 Sign in to see
Grangewood School
Northolt, UB5 6GG
Special 136
The Iffley Academy
Oxford, OX4 4DU
Special 179
The Avenue School
London, NW6 7BH
Special 100
The Windmill School
Barnet, EN5 5TS
Special 40
Discovery Special Academy
Middlesbrough, TS5 7YN
Special 171
Pathways School
Dagenham, RM10 9NH
Special 73
Orion Academy
Oxford, OX4 6DQ
Special 74
Harry Watts Academy
Sunderland, SR5 5JA
Special 175
Prospect House Specialist Support Primary School
MANCHESTER, M9 8LT
Special 153
The Ropemakers' Academy
Hailsham, BN27 1FB
Special 111
Chiltern Way Academy Austen
BASINGSTOKE, RG24 9BP
Special 131
High Point Academy
Wednesbury, WS10 0JS
Special 108
Fox Grove School
Leatherhead, KT22 7PW
Special 147
The Cavendish School
Impington, CB24 9LY
Special 116
Duke of Lancaster School
Fakenham, NR21 9DQ
Special 101
The Promise School
Okehampton, EX20 1GH
Special 79
Brook Academy
Gloucester, GL3 4ZN
Special 64
The Keystone Academy
Shrewsbury, SY5 8PY
Special 111
Salmons Brook School
Enfield, EN3 5PB
Special 63
Elm Tree Primary Academy
Wednesbury, WS10 0TB
Special 88
The Hawthorns School
Chelmsford, CM1 2XT
Special 30
The Wymering School
Portsmouth, PO6 3YB
Special 73
Trent View College
Scunthorpe, DN17 1DS
Special 45
The Heights Academy
Solihull, B36 0DD
Special 49
Bloxham Grove Academy
Banbury, OX15 4UL
Special 77
Oak Tree School
Wokingham, RG41 5LP
Special 96
Gilbert Ward Academy
Blyth, NE24 2TS
Special 55
Brookhaven School
Bury, BL9 8LP
Special 50
Hill View School
Martock, TA12 6GD
Special 55