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.
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
 
| School | Type | Number of pupils | Pupils with special educational needs | Pupils eligible for free school meals | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
                        Fox Grove School
                         (Your chosen school)  | 
                    Special | 133 | 100% | 33.8% | 
| 
                        Lighthouse School Leeds
                         Leeds, LS16 6QB  | 
                    Special | 88 | 100% | 27.3% | 
| 
                        Fitzwaryn School
                         Wantage, OX12 9ET  | 
                    Special | 122 | 100% | 35.2% | 
| 
                        Hawthorns School
                         Hyde, SK14 6PJ  | 
                    Special | 219 | 100% | 42% | 
| 
                        The Rise Free School
                         Feltham, TW13 7EF  | 
                    Special | 138 | 100% | 42% | 
| 
                        Torfield School
                         Hastings, TN34 3JT  | 
                    Special | 101 | 100% | 44.6% | 
| 
                        Pond Meadow School
                         Guildford, GU1 1DR  | 
                    Special | 146 | 100% | 32.9% | 
| 
                        The Mendip School
                         Shepton Mallet, BA4 4FZ  | 
                    Special | 226 | 92.7% | 36.6% | 
| 
                        Rivermead School
                         Gillingham, ME7 1UG  | 
                    Special | 188 | 100% | 44.2% | 
| 
                        Dysart School
                         Surbiton, KT6 6HL  | 
                    Special | 164 | 100% | 31.7% | 
| 
                        The Lindfield School
                         Eastbourne, BN22 0BQ  | 
                    Special | 114 | 100% | 43% | 
| 
                        The South Downs School
                         Eastbourne, BN20 8NU  | 
                    Special | 163 | 100% | 33.3% | 
| 
                        Gosberton House Academy
                         Spalding, PE11 4EW  | 
                    Special | 101 | 100% | 44.6% | 
| 
                        Strathmore School
                         Twickenham, TW1 4DQ  | 
                    Special | 117 | 100% | 32.5% | 
| 
                        Linden Bridge School
                         Worcester Park, KT4 7JW  | 
                    Special | 145 | 100% | 28.3% | 
| 
                        The Link School
                         Croydon, CR0 4PG  | 
                    Special | 152 | 100% | 40.8% | 
| 
                        SGS Pegasus School
                         Bristol, BS32 4AJ  | 
                    Special | 114 | 100% | 25.4% | 
| 
                        Hazel Court School
                         Eastbourne, BN23 8EJ  | 
                    Special | 124 | 100% | 39.5% | 
| 
                        St Dominic's School
                         Godalming, GU8 4DX  | 
                    Special | 157 | 100% | 36.3% | 
| 
                        Bardwell School
                         Bicester, OX26 4RZ  | 
                    Special | 112 | 100% | 33.6% | 
| 
                        ACE Tiverton Special School
                         Tiverton, EX16 5HB  | 
                    Special | 108 | 100% | 35.2% | 
| 
                        Coppice School
                         Doncaster, DN7 6JH  | 
                    Special | 153 | 100% | 39.2% | 
| 
                        Aspire School
                         Sittingbourne, ME10 5DA  | 
                    Special | 176 | 100% | 37.5% | 
| 
                        Glendinning Academy
                         Newton Abbot, TQ12 4HD  | 
                    Special | 129 | 100% | 41.1% | 
| 
                        The Fusion Academy
                         Leicester, LE9 8AG  | 
                    Special | 85 | 100% | 23.5% | 
| 
                        Treetops Free School
                         Grays, RM16 2WU  | 
                    Special | 146 | 100% | 38.4% | 
| 
                        Woodbridge Road Academy
                         Ipswich, IP4 2EB  | 
                    Special | 64 | 100% | 42.2% | 
| 
                        Summerdown School
                         Eastbourne, BN22 9PZ  | 
                    Special | 132 | 100% | 31.8% | 
| 
                        Spring School
                         Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7AB  | 
                    Special | 36 | 100% | 25.7% | 
| 
                        Oak Tree School
                         Wokingham, RG41 5LP  | 
                    Special | 52 | 100% | 30.8% |