St Mary's 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 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
St Mary's School
(Your chosen school)
Special 84 100% 58.3%
Marchbank Free School
Darlington, DL3 9BL
Special 55 100% 60%
Cloughwood Academy
Northwich, CW8 1NU
Special 118 100% 72.9%
Littledown School
Slough, SL1 3QW
Special 37 100% 59.5%
North View Academy
Sunderland, SR4 0HB
Special 82 100% 62.2%
Castlewood School
Birmingham, B36 9LF
Special 99 100% 71.7%
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%
Larwood School
Stevenage, SG1 5BZ
Special 117 100% 58.1%
The PRIDE Academy
West Drayton, UB7 8AB
Special 117 100% 59%
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%
Orion Academy
Oxford, OX4 6DQ
Special 74 100% 70.3%
Northern House Academy
Oxford, OX2 7JN
Special 85 100% 51.8%
Sir Bobby Robson School
Ipswich, IP3 9FA
Special 66 100% 59.1%
The Ropemakers' Academy
Hailsham, BN27 1FB
Special 111 100% 62.2%
Wells Park School
Chigwell, IG7 6NN
Special 59 100% 59.3%
The Promise School
Okehampton, EX20 1GH
Special 79 100% 65.8%
Sir Peter Hall School
Bury St. Edmunds, IP32 7PJ
Special 56 100% 62.5%
The Wymering School
Portsmouth, PO6 3YB
Special 73 100% 50.7%
Brompton Hall School
Scarborough, YO13 9DB
Special 75 100% 74.7%
The Flagship School
Hastings, TN34 2AE
Special 61 100% 62.3%
The Greenwell Academy
Harlow, CM18 7EZ
Special 16 100% 31.3%
Hill View School
Martock, TA12 6GD
Special 55 100% 54.5%
Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke
Basingstoke, RG22 5TH
Special 50 100% 68%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 27 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
St Mary's School
(Your chosen school)
Special 84 Sign in to see
Pencalenick School
Truro, TR1 1TE
Special 201
Kingfisher School
Abingdon, OX14 3RR
Special 116
Eaton Hall Specialist Academy
Norwich, NR4 7BU
Special 56
Littledown School
Slough, SL1 3QW
Special 37
Walton Hall Academy
Stafford, ST21 6JR
Special 216
Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy
Swanley, BR8 8DR
Special 135
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
Cicely Haughton School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST9 0BX
Special 56
Loxley Hall School
Uttoxeter, ST14 8RS
Special 101
Rivermead School
Gillingham, ME7 1UG
Special 151
The South Downs School
Eastbourne, BN20 8NU
Special 173
Spa School Camberwell
London, SE5 7EW
Special 113
Wightwick Hall School
Wolverhampton, WV6 8DA
Special 164
Notton House Academy
Chippenham, SN15 2NF
Special 53
Grafham Grange School
Guildford, GU5 0LH
Special 70
St Dominic's School
Godalming, GU8 4DX
Special 162
Brantridge School
Haywards Heath, RH17 6EQ
Special 77
Littlegreen Academy
Chichester, PO18 9NW
Special 80
Unified Academy
Dorking, RH5 4DB
Special 84
Shenstone Lodge School
Lichfield, WS14 0LB
Special 125
Northern House Academy
Oxford, OX2 7JN
Special 85
Bramley Oak Academy
Guildford, GU5 0BJ
Special 57
Bishopswood School
Reading, RG4 9RH
Special 74
Brompton Hall School
Scarborough, YO13 9DB
Special 75
The Flagship School
Hastings, TN34 2AE
Special 61