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.
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
 
| 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% |