Merryfields School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.

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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
Merryfields School
(Your chosen school)
Special 108 100% 38%
Cambridge Park Academy
Grimsby, DN34 5EB
Special 215 100% 51.4%
Kingsley Special Academy
Kettering, NN15 5DP
Special 156 100% 28.8%
Fitzwaryn School
Wantage, OX12 9ET
Special 122 100% 35.2%
Oak Wood Primary School
Nuneaton, CV11 4QH
Special 140 100% 45.7%
Kingsbury Academy
Coventry, CV6 1PJ
Special 99 100% 38.4%
Alexandra School
Harrow, HA2 9DX
Special 81 100% 44.4%
Walton Hall Academy
Stafford, ST21 6JR
Special 201 100% 44.8%
Coppice Academy
Newcastle, ST5 2EY
Special 112 100% 37.5%
Torfield School
Hastings, TN34 3JT
Special 101 100% 44.6%
Lime Academy Forest Approach
Romford, RM3 9YA
Special 129 100% 58.1%
St Bernard's School
Louth, LN11 8RS
Special 101 100% 62.4%
Daventry Hill School
Daventry, NN11 0QE
Special 221 100% 37.1%
The Meadows School
Leek, ST13 6EU
Special 130 100% 36.2%
Springfield School
Leek, ST13 6LQ
Special 71 100% 38%
Wightwick Hall School
Wolverhampton, WV6 8DA
Special 139 100% 41%
The Link School
Croydon, CR0 4PG
Special 152 100% 40.8%
Beckfoot Phoenix
Keighley, BD22 6HZ
Special 111 100% 31.5%
Woodlands
Birmingham, B46 3JE
Special 215 100% 46%
Rocklands School
Lichfield, WS13 7PH
Special 138 100% 46.4%
Bennerley Fields School
Ilkeston, DE7 8QZ
Special 101 100% 58.4%
Brookfields School
Widnes, WA8 3JA
Special 122 100% 51.6%
Two Rivers Primary School
Tamworth, B77 4EN
Special 129 100% 39.5%
Bardwell School
Bicester, OX26 4RZ
Special 112 100% 33.6%
The Martin Bacon Academy
Northstowe, CB24 1DH
Special 127 100% 37%
The Forest School
Knaresborough, HG5 0DQ
Special 147 100% 38.8%
North Ridge Community School
Doncaster, DN6 7EF
Special 149 100% 45%
Glendinning Academy
Newton Abbot, TQ12 4HD
Special 129 100% 41.1%
Bishopswood School
Reading, RG4 9RH
Special 72 100% 40.3%
Co-op Academy Brierley
Leeds, LS9 0BA
Special 54 100% 50%