Linden Bridge 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 29 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
Linden Bridge School
(Your chosen school)
Special 139 100% 30.2%
Medeshamstede Academy
Peterborough, PE1 5LQ
Special 114 100% 47.4%
Charlton Park Academy
London, SE7 8HX
Special 222 100% 51.4%
Thames Valley School
Reading, RG30 4BZ
Special 59 100% 44.1%
Endeavour Academy, Oxford
Oxford, OX3 8DD
Special 31 100% 12.9%
Pond Meadow School
Guildford, GU1 1DR
Special 154 100% 39%
Church Lawton School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3EL
Special 84 100% 28.6%
Forest Bridge School
Maidenhead, SL6 1BN
Special 122 100% 12.3%
Rivermead School
Gillingham, ME7 1UG
Special 151 100% 55.4%
Dysart School
Surbiton, KT6 6HL
Special 173 100% 36.4%
Branthwaite Academy
Workington, CA14 4SS
Special 66 100% 36.4%
Purple Oaks Academy
Northampton, NN2 7RR
Special 121 100% 30.6%
The Wherry School
Norwich, NR1 2GB
Special 130 100% 29.2%
St Dominic's School
Godalming, GU8 4DX
Special 162 100% 37%
The Grove
London, N17 6AR
Special 147 100% 41.5%
Holbrook School for Autism
Belper, DE56 0TE
Special 160 100% 52.5%
The Chalet School
Swindon, SN3 6EX
Special 87 100% 32.2%
Woodside Academy
Erith, DA8 3PB
Special 207 100% 33.3%
Aspire School
Sittingbourne, ME10 5DA
Special 188 100% 38.3%
Harry Watts Academy
Sunderland, SR5 5JA
Special 175 100% 51.4%
Leigh Academy Snowfields
Maidstone, ME14 5GA
Special 303 100% 34.7%
Chiltern Way Academy Wokingham
Wokingham, RG40 2HR
Special 64 100% 48.4%
Orchard Manor School
Dawlish, EX7 9SF
Special 219 100% 42.9%
Chatten Free School
Rivenhall, CM8 3HH
Special 75 100% 26.7%
The Cavendish School
Impington, CB24 9LY
Special 116 100% 30.2%
Leycroft Academy
Birmingham, B33 9UE
Special 171 100% 54.4%
Summerdown School
Eastbourne, BN22 9PZ
Special 161 100% 31.1%
Connaught Special School
London, E13 9BT
Special 26 100% 46.2%
Oak Tree School
Wokingham, RG41 5LP
Special 96 100% 29.2%