Orion Academy

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
Orion Academy
(Your chosen school)
Special 83 100% 69.9%
Stephenson Academy
Milton Keynes, MK14 6AX
Special 121 100% 66.1%
Marchbank Free School
Darlington, DL3 9BL
Special 53 100% 75.5%
Riversides School
Worcester, WR1 3HZ
Special 68 100% 80.9%
North View Academy
Sunderland, SR4 0HB
Special 84 100% 67.9%
Castlewood School
Birmingham, B36 9LF
Special 91 100% 68.1%
Cuckmere House School
Seaford, BN25 4BA
Special 81 100% 64.2%
New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)
St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 9JU
Special 85 100% 65.9%
St Mary's School
Heathfield, TN21 0BT
Special 88 100% 54.5%
Bridgeview Special School
Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD
Special 62 100% 75.8%
Riverside Meadows Academy
St Neots, PE19 1EA
Special 107 100% 72%
Larwood School
Stevenage, SG1 5BZ
Special 100 100% 58%
Endeavour Academy Bexley
Bexleyheath, DA7 6LB
Special 82 100% 67.1%
Aspire Academy
Welling, DA16 1JB
Special 55 100% 74.5%
Venture Academy
Henley-in-Arden, B95 6AD
Special 46 100% 67.4%
Fern House School
Enfield, EN3 6NY
Special 65 100% 69.2%
Littlegreen Academy
Chichester, PO18 9NW
Special 78 100% 59%
Unified Academy
Dorking, RH5 4DB
Special 61 100% 83.6%
Trinity Academy New Bridge
Sunderland, SR5 3NF
Special 134 100% 70.9%
Becton School
Sheffield, S20 1NZ
Special 125 100% 66.7%
Hamilton School
Reading, RG1 5SG
Special 60 100% 63.3%
The Harbour School
Portsmouth, PO2 8RA
Special 200 100% 77.2%
Northern House Academy
Oxford, OX2 7JN
Special 87 100% 55.2%
Sir Bobby Robson School
Ipswich, IP3 9FA
Special 64 100% 57.8%
Bramley Oak Academy
Guildford, GU5 0BJ
Special 56 100% 71.4%
River Tees Academy Grangetown
Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA
Special 40 100% 80%
Sir Peter Hall School
Bury St. Edmunds, IP32 7PJ
Special 57 100% 64.9%
Mount Tamar School
Plymouth, PL5 2EF
Special 106 100% 70.8%
Brompton Hall School
Scarborough, YO13 9DB
Special 83 100% 63.9%
Gilbert Ward Academy
Blyth, NE24 2TS
Special 29 100% 58.6%