St Lawrence 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
St Lawrence School
(Your chosen school)
Special 180 100% 58.3%
Cambridge Park Academy
Grimsby, DN34 5EB
Special 217 100% 57.6%
Pencalenick School
Truro, TR1 1TE
Special 201 100% 49.8%
The Iffley Academy
Oxford, OX4 4DU
Special 179 100% 45.3%
Oak Wood Primary School
Nuneaton, CV11 4QH
Special 138 100% 44.9%
Regency High School
Worcester, WR4 9JL
Special 306 100% 50%
Friars Academy
Wellingborough, NN8 2LA
Special 143 100% 48.3%
Newton Bridge Academy
Grantham, NG31 9AX
Special 258 100% 46.5%
Saxon Mount School
St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 8HH
Special 171 100% 58.5%
Manor Academy Sale
Sale, M33 5JX
Special 198 100% 45.5%
St Bernard's School
Louth, LN11 8RS
Special 111 100% 58.6%
Boston Endeavour Academy
Boston, PE21 0PX
Special 157 100% 50.3%
Abbey School
Rotherham, S61 2RA
Special 234 100% 54.3%
Daventry Hill School
Daventry, NN11 0QE
Special 223 100% 35%
Nancealverne School
Penzance, TR20 8TP
Special 128 100% 50.8%
Halcyon Way School
Oldham Ol9 9QE
Special 118 100% 46.6%
Redwood Park Academy
Portsmouth, PO6 2RY
Special 165 100% 57%
Courtlands School
Plymouth, PL6 5JS
Special 108 100% 50.9%
West Hill School
Leatherhead, KT22 7PW
Special 153 100% 41.2%
Kingswode Hoe School
Colchester, CO3 3QJ
Special 154 100% 54.5%
Rocklands School
Lichfield, WS13 7PH
Special 139 100% 46%
Bennerley Fields School
Ilkeston, DE7 8QZ
Special 103 100% 63.1%
The Abbey School
Farnham, GU9 8DY
Special 157 100% 42%
Ashgate Croft School
Chesterfield, S40 4BN
Special 161 100% 55.3%
Capella House School
Twickenham, TW2 7SL
Special 87 100% 42.5%
Belmont School
Cheltenham, GL51 3AT
Special 181 100% 42%
North Ridge Community School
Doncaster, DN6 7EF
Special 161 100% 46%
Chelveston Road School
Higham Ferrers, NN10 8HN
Special 117 100% 44.4%
Springwell School
Hartlepool, TS26 0TB
Special 99 100% 48%
The Willows School
Rotherham, S66 9NT
Special 190 100% 54.2%

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
St Lawrence School
(Your chosen school)
Special 180 Sign in to see
The St Marylebone Church of England Bridge School
London, W10 4LE
Special 71
Thames Valley School
Reading, RG30 4BZ
Special 59
Churchill Special Free School
Haverhill, CB9 0LB
Special 71
The Rise Free School
Feltham, TW13 7EF
Special 143
Eden School
Blackburn, BB2 4NW
Special 59
North View Academy
Sunderland, SR4 0HB
Special 82
The Bridge Integrated Learning Space
London, N1 0HY
Special 31
Wolverhampton Vocational Training Centre
Wolverhampton, WV4 6JP
Special 61
Bridgeview Special School
Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD
Special 84
Pioneer House High School
Manchester, M23 0FF
Special 156
Purple Oaks Academy
Northampton, NN2 7RR
Special 121
Quest Academy
Rugby, CV22 5PE
Special 100
SGS Pegasus School
Bristol, BS32 4AJ
Special 128
Fern House School
Enfield, EN3 6NY
Special 72
Sir Bobby Robson School
Ipswich, IP3 9FA
Special 66
The Axis Academy
Crewe, CW2 8TU
Special 74
The Fusion Academy
Leicester, LE9 8AG
Special 93
Hatchside School
Ilford, IG2 7SR
Special 70
Chatten Free School
Rivenhall, CM8 3HH
Special 75
The Beacon College
Hereford, HR1 1NZ
Special 43
Woodbridge Road Academy
Ipswich, IP4 2EB
Special 76
Sir Peter Hall School
Bury St. Edmunds, IP32 7PJ
Special 56
The Wymering School
Portsmouth, PO6 3YB
Special 73
The Compass School
Romford, RM7 9NU
Special 40
James Marks Academy
Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4RZ
Special 51
Manor Abbey School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8LG
Special 14
Bowman Academy
Loughborough, LE12 9BN
Special 41
The Raise Academy
Widnes, WA8 0BS
Special 39
The Maple School
Blackpool, FY4 4RR
Special 40