Schools we chose for benchmarking
These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.
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
School | Type | Number of pupils | Pupils with special educational needs | Pupils eligible for free school meals |
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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
School | Type | Number of pupils | Gross internal floor area | Average age of buildings |
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