The Orchards

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
The Orchards
(Your chosen school)
Special 127 100% 57.9%
The Iffley Academy
Oxford, OX4 4DU
Special 176 100% 44.3%
Oak Wood Primary School
Nuneaton, CV11 4QH
Special 140 100% 45.7%
The St Marylebone Church of England Bridge School
London, W10 4LE
Special 66 100% 56.1%
Kingsbury Academy
Coventry, CV6 1PJ
Special 99 100% 38.4%
Park Community Academy
Blackpool, FY3 9HF
Special 330 99.4% 59.4%
Grantham Additional Needs Fellowship
Grantham, NG31 9AX
Special 251 100% 42.2%
Ash Trees Academy
Billingham, TS23 2BU
Special 175 100% 42.9%
Saxon Mount School
St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 8HH
Special 160 100% 53.8%
Grove House School
Brentwood, CM15 9DA
Special 128 100% 25.8%
Lime Academy Forest Approach
Romford, RM3 9YA
Special 129 100% 58.1%
Manor Academy Sale
Sale, M33 5JX
Special 207 100% 47.8%
St Lawrence School
Horncastle, LN9 5EJ
Special 181 100% 59.7%
St Bernard's School
Louth, LN11 8RS
Special 101 100% 62.4%
Nancealverne School
Penzance, TR20 8TP
Special 96 100% 58.3%
Doubletrees School
Par, PL24 2DS
Special 103 100% 44.7%
Springfield School
Leek, ST13 6LQ
Special 71 100% 38%
Halcyon Way School
Oldham Ol9 9QE
Special 108 100% 44.4%
Redwood Park Academy
Portsmouth, PO6 2RY
Special 160 100% 61.9%
Courtlands School
Plymouth, PL6 5JS
Special 107 100% 50.5%
Cherry Trees School
Wolverhampton, WV5 0AX
Special 52 100% 36.5%
Rocklands School
Lichfield, WS13 7PH
Special 138 100% 46.4%
Brookfields School
Widnes, WA8 3JA
Special 122 100% 51.6%
Two Rivers Primary School
Tamworth, B77 4EN
Special 129 100% 39.5%
The Abbey School
Farnham, GU9 8DY
Special 145 100% 39.3%
Capella House School
Twickenham, TW2 7SL
Special 67 100% 26.9%
Belmont School
Cheltenham, GL51 3AT
Special 191 100% 45%
North Ridge Community School
Doncaster, DN6 7EF
Special 149 100% 45%
Castle EAST School
Bungay, NR35 1JS
Special 78 100% 41%
Springwell School
Hartlepool, TS26 0TB
Special 95 100% 52.7%

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
The Orchards
(Your chosen school)
Special 127 Sign in to see
Montacute School
Poole, BH17 9NG
Special 92
Medeshamstede Academy
Peterborough, PE1 5LQ
Special 106
Churchill Special Free School
Haverhill, CB9 0LB
Special 70
Newlands Academy
London, SE15 3AZ
Special 72
Eden School
Blackburn, BB2 4NW
Special 58
North View Academy
Sunderland, SR4 0HB
Special 84
Langham Oaks
Colchester, CO4 5PA
Special 73
Church Lawton School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3EL
Special 75
The Mendip School
Shepton Mallet, BA4 4FZ
Special 226
Bridgeview Special School
Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD
Special 62
Pictor Academy
Timperley, WA15 6PH
Special 119
Pioneer House High School
Manchester, M23 0FF
Special 141
Vanguard School
London, SE11 6QH
Special 64
Eko Pathways
London, E6 6FE
Special 74
High Park School
Bradford, BD9 6RY
Special 117
Halcyon Way School
Oldham Ol9 9QE
Special 108
Purple Oaks Academy
Northampton, NN2 7RR
Special 119
Quest Academy
Rugby, CV22 5PE
Special 100
The Wherry School
Norwich, NR1 2GB
Special 117
New Park Academy
Eccles, M30 0RW
Special 155
Churchward School
Swindon, SN25 2PP
Special 98
Red Kite Academy
Corby, NN18 0BX
Special 136
Longford Park School
Manchester, M32 8QJ
Special 77
Aspire School
Sittingbourne, ME10 5DA
Special 176
Glendinning Academy
Newton Abbot, TQ12 4HD
Special 129
The Axis Academy
Crewe, CW2 8TU
Special 67
The Fusion Academy
Leicester, LE9 8AG
Special 85
Prospect House Specialist Support Primary School
MANCHESTER, M9 8LT
Special 125
Keyham Lodge School
Leicester, LE5 1FG
Special 123