Summerdown 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
Summerdown School
(Your chosen school)
Special 161 100% 31.1%
The St Christopher School
Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 4AW
Special 262 100% 43.1%
Lighthouse School Leeds
Leeds, LS16 6QB
Special 90 100% 23.3%
Foxwood Academy
Nottingham, NG9 3GF
Special 113 100% 39.8%
Kingfisher School
Abingdon, OX14 3RR
Special 116 100% 27.6%
Thames Valley School
Reading, RG30 4BZ
Special 59 100% 44.1%
Hawthorns School
Hyde, SK14 6PJ
Special 233 100% 42.5%
Billing Brook Special School
Northampton, NN3 8EZ
Special 256 100% 41.8%
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%
Pictor Academy
Timperley, WA15 6PH
Special 121 100% 37.1%
Rivermead School
Gillingham, ME7 1UG
Special 151 100% 55.4%
Dysart School
Surbiton, KT6 6HL
Special 173 100% 36.4%
The South Downs School
Eastbourne, BN20 8NU
Special 173 100% 33.7%
High Park School
Bradford, BD9 6RY
Special 120 100% 44.2%
Linden Bridge School
Worcester Park, KT4 7JW
Special 139 100% 30.2%
Hob Moor Oaks Academy
York, YO24 4PS
Special 127 100% 37.3%
SGS Pegasus School
Bristol, BS32 4AJ
Special 128 100% 24.2%
St Dominic's School
Godalming, GU8 4DX
Special 162 100% 37%
Bardwell School
Bicester, OX26 4RZ
Special 118 100% 32.2%
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%
Treetops Free School
Grays, RM16 2WU
Special 154 100% 41.6%
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%
Oak Tree School
Wokingham, RG41 5LP
Special 96 100% 29.2%