The Fusion 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.

Choose your own set of schools

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 Fusion Academy
(Your chosen school)
Special 93 100% 26.9%
Kingsley Special Academy
Kettering, NN15 5DP
Special 163 100% 28.8%
Lighthouse School Leeds
Leeds, LS16 6QB
Special 90 100% 23.3%
Foxwood Academy
Nottingham, NG9 3GF
Special 113 100% 39.8%
Churchill Special Free School
Haverhill, CB9 0LB
Special 71 100% 22.5%
Cliffdale Primary Academy
Portsmouth, PO2 0SN
Special 219 100% 58%
Endeavour Academy, Oxford
Oxford, OX3 8DD
Special 31 100% 12.9%
Torfield School
Hastings, TN34 3JT
Special 102 100% 43.1%
The Mendip School
Shepton Mallet, BA4 4FZ
Special 227 100% 37.3%
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%
Purple Oaks Academy
Northampton, NN2 7RR
Special 121 100% 30.6%
The Link School
Croydon, CR0 4PG
Special 157 100% 42.7%
SGS Pegasus School
Bristol, BS32 4AJ
Special 128 100% 24.2%
St Dominic's School
Godalming, GU8 4DX
Special 162 100% 37%
Coppice School
Doncaster, DN7 6JH
Special 166 100% 43.4%
Aspire School
Sittingbourne, ME10 5DA
Special 188 100% 38.3%
Glendinning Academy
Newton Abbot, TQ12 4HD
Special 130 100% 43.8%
Chiltern Way Academy Austen
BASINGSTOKE, RG24 9BP
Special 131 100% 22.1%
Chatten Free School
Rivenhall, CM8 3HH
Special 75 100% 26.7%
Fox Grove School
Leatherhead, KT22 7PW
Special 147 100% 34.7%
The Bridge Easton
Easton, NR9 5EA
Special 161 100% 34.8%
Duke of Lancaster School
Fakenham, NR21 9DQ
Special 101 100% 38%
Woodbridge Road Academy
Ipswich, IP4 2EB
Special 76 100% 45.3%
Summerdown School
Eastbourne, BN22 9PZ
Special 161 100% 31.1%
Oak Tree School
Wokingham, RG41 5LP
Special 96 100% 29.2%
Columbia Grange School
Washington, NE38 7NY
Special 140 100% 63.6%
Sherbrook Primary School
Cannock, WS11 5SA
Special 135 100% 37%