North Star 240°

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
North Star 240°
(Your chosen school)
Special 76 100% 81.6%
Wandle Valley Academy
Carshalton, SM5 1LW
Special 91 100% 73.6%
Tregonwell Academy
Bournemouth, BH7 6QP
Special 145 100% 70.4%
Nyland School
Swindon, SN3 3RD
Special 80 100% 59.7%
The Ridge Academy
Cheltenham, GL52 5QH
Special 61 100% 72.1%
Cloughwood Academy
Northwich, CW8 1NU
Special 122 100% 70.5%
Finch Woods Academy
Liverpool, L26 0TY
Special 82 100% 84.1%
Westlands Academy
Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9RA
Special 83 100% 68.7%
Springwell Special Academy
Barnsley, S71 2AY
Special 117 100% 67.5%
Trinity Academy Newcastle
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 8XJ
Special 198 100% 86.2%
Bridgeview Special School
Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD
Special 62 100% 75.8%
Sutton House Academy
Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG
Special 86 100% 81.3%
Spring Brook Academy
Oldham, M35 0DQ
Special 111 100% 72.1%
Hollis Academy
Middlesbrough, TS4 3JS
Special 84 100% 79.8%
Westbury Academy
Nottingham, NG8 3BT
Special 107 100% 72.8%
Aspire Academy
Welling, DA16 1JB
Special 55 100% 74.5%
Knowle DGE Academy
Bristol, BS4 1QY
Special 166 100% 75.3%
St Luke's Academy
Swindon, SN2 7AS
Special 79 100% 68.4%
Unified Academy
Dorking, RH5 4DB
Special 61 100% 83.6%
Shenstone Lodge School
Lichfield, WS14 0LB
Special 118 100% 72.9%
The Harbour School
Portsmouth, PO2 8RA
Special 200 100% 77.2%
Millgate School
Leicester, LE2 6DW
Special 130 100% 78.5%
North Star 82°
Bristol, BS10 7AH
Special 69 100% 81.2%
Woodlands School
Shrewsbury, SY4 5PJ
Special 57 100% 72.7%
Lea Hall Academy
Birmingham, B33 9QY
Special 70 100% 85.7%
Salmons Brook School
Enfield, EN3 5PB
Special 44 100% 68.2%
Mount Tamar School
Plymouth, PL5 2EF
Special 106 100% 70.8%
Peak Academy
Dursley, GL11 5HD
Special 58 100% 65.5%
The Sky Academy
Taunton, TA2 7HW
Special 100 100% 74%
Brunel School
Paignton, TQ3 2AL
Special 54 100% 79.6%