The Wherry 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
The Wherry School
(Your chosen school)
Special 117 100% 31.6%
Medeshamstede Academy
Peterborough, PE1 5LQ
Special 106 100% 41.5%
Foxwood Academy
Nottingham, NG9 3GF
Special 112 100% 37.5%
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%
Church Lawton School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3EL
Special 75 100% 22.7%
Pictor Academy
Timperley, WA15 6PH
Special 119 100% 27.4%
Vanguard School
London, SE11 6QH
Special 64 100% 48.4%
High Park School
Bradford, BD9 6RY
Special 117 100% 39.3%
The Windmill School
Barnet, EN5 5TS
Special 11 100% 27.3%
Linden Bridge School
Worcester Park, KT4 7JW
Special 145 100% 28.3%
Purple Oaks Academy
Northampton, NN2 7RR
Special 119 100% 31.9%
The Springfields Academy
Calne, SN11 0DS
Special 210 100% 43.8%
St Dominic's School
Godalming, GU8 4DX
Special 157 100% 36.3%
The Grove
London, N17 6AR
Special 128 100% 43%
Holbrook School for Autism
Belper, DE56 0TE
Special 147 100% 51.7%
The Chalet School
Swindon, SN3 6EX
Special 80 100% 38.8%
Woodside Academy
Erith, DA8 3PB
Special 199 100% 29.6%
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%
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%
Connaught Special School
London, E13 9BT
Special 16 100% 31.3%