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.
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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Linden Bridge School
(Your chosen school) |
Special | 145 | 100% | 28.3% |
Medeshamstede Academy
Peterborough, PE1 5LQ |
Special | 106 | 100% | 41.5% |
Thames Valley School
Reading, RG30 4BZ |
Special | 55 | 100% | 38.2% |
Churchill Special Free School
Haverhill, CB9 0LB |
Special | 70 | 100% | 20% |
Pond Meadow School
Guildford, GU1 1DR |
Special | 146 | 100% | 32.9% |
Forest Bridge School
Maidenhead, SL6 1BN |
Special | 113 | 100% | 8.8% |
Pictor Academy
Timperley, WA15 6PH |
Special | 119 | 100% | 27.4% |
Rivermead School
Gillingham, ME7 1UG |
Special | 188 | 100% | 44.2% |
Dysart School
Surbiton, KT6 6HL |
Special | 164 | 100% | 31.7% |
The South Downs School
Eastbourne, BN20 8NU |
Special | 163 | 100% | 33.3% |
High Park School
Bradford, BD9 6RY |
Special | 117 | 100% | 39.3% |
Purple Oaks Academy
Northampton, NN2 7RR |
Special | 119 | 100% | 31.9% |
The Wherry School
Norwich, NR1 2GB |
Special | 117 | 100% | 31.6% |
The Springfields Academy
Calne, SN11 0DS |
Special | 210 | 100% | 43.8% |
St Dominic's School
Godalming, GU8 4DX |
Special | 157 | 100% | 36.3% |
Holbrook School for Autism
Belper, DE56 0TE |
Special | 147 | 100% | 51.7% |
Woodside Academy
Erith, DA8 3PB |
Special | 199 | 100% | 29.6% |
Aspire School
Sittingbourne, ME10 5DA |
Special | 176 | 100% | 37.5% |
Harry Watts Academy
Sunderland, SR5 5JA |
Special | 169 | 100% | 47.9% |
Snowfields Academy
Maidstone, ME14 5GA |
Special | 232 | 100% | 34.1% |
Addington Valley Academy
Croydon, CR0 9AZ |
Special | 133 | 100% | 42.1% |
Chiltern Way Academy Wokingham
Wokingham, RG40 2HR |
Special | 56 | 100% | 48.2% |
Orchard Manor School
Dawlish, EX7 9SF |
Special | 201 | 100% | 44.3% |
Chatten Free School
Rivenhall, CM8 3HH |
Special | 71 | 100% | 25.4% |
Fox Grove School
Leatherhead, KT22 7PW |
Special | 133 | 100% | 33.8% |
The Cavendish School
Impington, CB24 9LY |
Special | 99 | 100% | 28.3% |
The Bridge Easton
Easton, NR9 5EA |
Special | 100 | 100% | 35% |
Leycroft Academy
Birmingham, B33 9UE |
Special | 171 | 100% | 47.4% |
Summerdown School
Eastbourne, BN22 9PZ |
Special | 132 | 100% | 31.8% |
Tettenhall Wood School
Wolverhampton, WV6 8XF |
Special | 164 | 100% | 50.6% |