Aspire 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
Aspire School
(Your chosen school)
Special 188 100% 38.3%
Lighthouse School Leeds
Leeds, LS16 6QB
Special 90 100% 23.3%
Thames Valley School
Reading, RG30 4BZ
Special 59 100% 44.1%
Cliffdale Primary Academy
Portsmouth, PO2 0SN
Special 219 100% 58%
Hawthorns School
Hyde, SK14 6PJ
Special 233 100% 42.5%
The Rise Free School
Feltham, TW13 7EF
Special 143 100% 44.8%
Torfield School
Hastings, TN34 3JT
Special 102 100% 43.1%
Pond Meadow School
Guildford, GU1 1DR
Special 154 100% 39%
Forest Bridge School
Maidenhead, SL6 1BN
Special 122 100% 12.3%
The Mendip School
Shepton Mallet, BA4 4FZ
Special 227 100% 37.3%
Rivermead School
Gillingham, ME7 1UG
Special 151 100% 55.4%
Dysart School
Surbiton, KT6 6HL
Special 173 100% 36.4%
Gosberton House Academy
Spalding, PE11 4EW
Special 99 100% 49.5%
High Park School
Bradford, BD9 6RY
Special 120 100% 44.2%
Linden Bridge School
Worcester Park, KT4 7JW
Special 139 100% 30.2%
SGS Pegasus School
Bristol, BS32 4AJ
Special 128 100% 24.2%
St Dominic's School
Godalming, GU8 4DX
Special 162 100% 37%
Ladywood School
Bolton, BL3 1NG
Special 211 100% 39.8%
Woodside Academy
Erith, DA8 3PB
Special 207 100% 33.3%
Coppice School
Doncaster, DN7 6JH
Special 166 100% 43.4%
Harry Watts Academy
Sunderland, SR5 5JA
Special 175 100% 51.4%
The Fusion Academy
Leicester, LE9 8AG
Special 93 100% 26.9%
Leigh Academy Snowfields
Maidstone, ME14 5GA
Special 303 100% 34.7%
Orchard Manor School
Dawlish, EX7 9SF
Special 219 100% 42.9%
Fox Grove School
Leatherhead, KT22 7PW
Special 147 100% 34.7%
Leycroft Academy
Birmingham, B33 9UE
Special 171 100% 54.4%
Summerdown School
Eastbourne, BN22 9PZ
Special 161 100% 31.1%
Tettenhall Wood School
Wolverhampton, WV6 8XF
Special 170 100% 57.6%
Oak Tree School
Wokingham, RG41 5LP
Special 96 100% 29.2%
Columbia Grange School
Washington, NE38 7NY
Special 140 100% 63.6%