The Windmill 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
The Windmill School
(Your chosen school)
Special 11 100% 27.3%
Medeshamstede Academy
Peterborough, PE1 5LQ
Special 106 100% 41.5%
Thames Valley School
Reading, RG30 4BZ
Special 55 100% 38.2%
The Rise Free School
Feltham, TW13 7EF
Special 138 100% 42%
Church Lawton School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3EL
Special 75 100% 22.7%
The Bridge Integrated Learning Space
London, N1 0HY
Special 27 100% 70.4%
Riverside Bridge School
Barking, IG11 0FU
Special 196 100% 43.4%
Dysart School
Surbiton, KT6 6HL
Special 164 100% 31.7%
Vanguard School
London, SE11 6QH
Special 64 100% 48.4%
The Bridge School
London, N7 9LD
Special 246 100% 63.8%
Strathmore School
Twickenham, TW1 4DQ
Special 117 100% 32.5%
Spa School Camberwell
London, SE5 7EW
Special 101 100% 59.4%
Purple Oaks Academy
Northampton, NN2 7RR
Special 119 100% 31.9%
The Wherry School
Norwich, NR1 2GB
Special 117 100% 31.6%
The Grove
London, N17 6AR
Special 128 100% 43%
Holbrook School for Autism
Belper, DE56 0TE
Special 147 100% 51.7%
Spa School, Bermondsey
London, SE1 5RN
Special 115 100% 60.9%
The Chalet School
Swindon, SN3 6EX
Special 80 100% 38.8%
Woodside Academy
Erith, DA8 3PB
Special 199 100% 29.6%
Addington Valley Academy
Croydon, CR0 9AZ
Special 133 100% 42.1%
Chiltern Way Academy Wokingham
Wokingham, RG40 2HR
Special 56 100% 48.2%
Chatten Free School
Rivenhall, CM8 3HH
Special 71 100% 25.4%
The Cavendish School
Impington, CB24 9LY
Special 99 100% 28.3%
Cornerstone School
Belvedere, DA17 6DW
Special 78 100% 44.9%
The Bridge Easton
Easton, NR9 5EA
Special 100 100% 35%
Elm Tree Primary Academy
Wednesbury, WS10 0TB
Special 48 100% 35.4%
The Hawthorns School
Chelmsford, CM1 2BN
Special 24 100% 20.8%
The Heights Academy
Solihull, B36 0DD
Special 26 100% 53.8%
Spring School
Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7AB
Special 36 100% 25.7%
Connaught Special School
London, E13 9BT
Special 16 100% 31.3%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 0 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