Lime Hills Academy

Schools we chose for benchmarking

These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.

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Running cost categories

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
Lime Hills Academy
(Your chosen school)
Special 27 100% 48.1%
Wandle Valley Academy
Carshalton, SM5 1LW
Special 91 100% 73.6%
Nyland School
Swindon, SN3 3RD
Special 80 100% 59.7%
The Ridge Academy
Cheltenham, GL52 5QH
Special 61 100% 72.1%
INSPIRE Free Special School
Chatham, ME5 0LB
Special 68 100% 54.4%
Eden School
Blackburn, BB2 4NW
Special 58 100% 51.7%
Langham Oaks
Colchester, CO4 5PA
Special 73 100% 58.9%
Cicely Haughton School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST9 0BX
Special 59 100% 44.1%
Hailey Hall School
Hertford, SG13 7PB
Special 84 100% 63.1%
Lever Park School
Bolton, BL6 6DE
Special 98 100% 54.6%
Eko Pathways
London, E6 6FE
Special 74 100% 51.4%
Notton House Academy
Chippenham, SN15 2NF
Special 51 100% 47.1%
Oak Hill School
London, EN4 8XE
Special 51 100% 55.1%
Grafham Grange School
Guildford, GU5 0LH
Special 74 100% 59.5%
St Luke's Academy
Swindon, SN2 7AS
Special 79 100% 68.4%
The Springboard Project
Oldham, OL1 1AN
Special 97 100% 62.9%
Longford Park School
Manchester, M32 8QJ
Special 77 100% 61%
Brandles School
Baldock, SG7 6EY
Special 70 100% 62.9%
The Harbour School
Ely, CB6 3RR
Special 101 100% 70.3%
Forest Moor School
Harrogate, HG3 2RA
Special 98 100% 56.1%
Woodlands School
Shrewsbury, SY4 5PJ
Special 57 100% 72.7%
Adelaide Heath Academy
Knutsford, WA16 8PA
Special 74 100% 52.7%
Brook Academy
Gloucester, GL3 4ZN
Special 49 100% 55.1%
NeneGate
Peterborough, PE1 5GZ
Special 64 100% 59.4%
Mount Tamar School
Plymouth, PL5 2EF
Special 106 100% 70.8%
Peak Academy
Dursley, GL11 5HD
Special 58 100% 65.5%
Oastlers School
Bradford, BD4 7RH
Special 133 100% 60.2%
The Compass School
Romford, RM7 9NU
Special 22 100% 50%
The Sky Academy
Taunton, TA2 7HW
Special 100 100% 74%
Brunel School
Paignton, TQ3 2AL
Special 54 100% 79.6%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 0 similar schools to benchmark this school against building cost categories, which includes utilities, cleaning and maintenance.

How we chose these schools

We chose these schools based on:

  • school phase or type
  • region
  • gross internal floor area
  • average age of buildings
  • whether they are a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) school
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Gross internal floor area Average age of buildings