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 113 100% 8.8%
Lighthouse School Leeds
Leeds, LS16 6QB
Special 88 100% 27.3%
Foxwood Academy
Nottingham, NG9 3GF
Special 112 100% 37.5%
Kingfisher School
Abingdon, OX14 3RR
Special 111 100% 27.9%
Thames Valley School
Reading, RG30 4BZ
Special 55 100% 38.2%
Churchill Special Free School
Haverhill, CB9 0LB
Special 70 100% 20%
Pond Meadow School
Guildford, GU1 1DR
Special 146 100% 32.9%
Church Lawton School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3EL
Special 75 100% 22.7%
Pictor Academy
Timperley, WA15 6PH
Special 119 100% 27.4%
Rivermead School
Gillingham, ME7 1UG
Special 188 100% 44.2%
Dysart School
Surbiton, KT6 6HL
Special 164 100% 31.7%
The South Downs School
Eastbourne, BN20 8NU
Special 163 100% 33.3%
High Park School
Bradford, BD9 6RY
Special 117 100% 39.3%
Linden Bridge School
Worcester Park, KT4 7JW
Special 145 100% 28.3%
Purple Oaks Academy
Northampton, NN2 7RR
Special 119 100% 31.9%
SGS Pegasus School
Bristol, BS32 4AJ
Special 114 100% 25.4%
St Dominic's School
Godalming, GU8 4DX
Special 157 100% 36.3%
Woodside Academy
Erith, DA8 3PB
Special 199 100% 29.6%
Coppice School
Doncaster, DN7 6JH
Special 153 100% 39.2%
Aspire School
Sittingbourne, ME10 5DA
Special 176 100% 37.5%
The Fusion Academy
Leicester, LE9 8AG
Special 85 100% 23.5%
Snowfields Academy
Maidstone, ME14 5GA
Special 232 100% 34.1%
Chiltern Way Academy Wokingham
Wokingham, RG40 2HR
Special 56 100% 48.2%
Chatten Free School
Rivenhall, CM8 3HH
Special 71 100% 25.4%
Fox Grove School
Leatherhead, KT22 7PW
Special 133 100% 33.8%
The Cavendish School
Impington, CB24 9LY
Special 99 100% 28.3%
The Bridge Easton
Easton, NR9 5EA
Special 100 100% 35%
Summerdown School
Eastbourne, BN22 9PZ
Special 132 100% 31.8%
The Hawthorns School
Chelmsford, CM1 2BN
Special 24 100% 20.8%
Oak Tree School
Wokingham, RG41 5LP
Special 52 100% 30.8%

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 113 Sign in to see
Montacute School
Poole, BH17 9NG
Special 92
The Iffley Academy
Oxford, OX4 4DU
Special 176
The St Marylebone Church of England Bridge School
London, W10 4LE
Special 66
Thames Valley School
Reading, RG30 4BZ
Special 55
The Mendip School
Shepton Mallet, BA4 4FZ
Special 226
Boston Endeavour Academy
Boston, PE21 0PX
Special 151
The Orchards
Stretford, M32 9TG
Special 127
Vanguard School
London, SE11 6QH
Special 64
Halcyon Way School
Oldham Ol9 9QE
Special 108
The Wherry School
Norwich, NR1 2GB
Special 117
Discovery Special Academy
Middlesbrough, TS5 7YN
Special 149
Harbour School Dorset
BH20 6NU
Special 105
Pathways School
Dagenham, RM10 9NH
Special 56
Aspire School
Sittingbourne, ME10 5DA
Special 176
Harry Watts Academy
Sunderland, SR5 5JA
Special 169
Prospect House Specialist Support Primary School
MANCHESTER, M9 8LT
Special 125
Hatchside School
Ilford, IG2 7SR
Special 62
High Point Academy
Wednesbury, WS10 0JS
Special 96
Treetops Free School
Grays, RM16 2WU
Special 146
Chatten Free School
Rivenhall, CM8 3HH
Special 71
Fox Grove School
Leatherhead, KT22 7PW
Special 133
The Cavendish School
Impington, CB24 9LY
Special 99
Chelveston Road School
Higham Ferrers, NN10 8HN
Special 92
The Beacon College
Hereford, HR1 1NZ
Special 42
Woodbridge Road Academy
Ipswich, IP4 2EB
Special 64
Brook Academy
Gloucester, GL3 4ZN
Special 49
Discovery Academy
Sheffield, S2 3QF
Special 97
Salmons Brook School
Enfield, EN3 5PB
Special 44
Sir Peter Hall School
Bury St. Edmunds, IP32 7PJ
Special 57