Penn Hall 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
Penn Hall School
(Your chosen school)
Special 139 100% 62.3%
Ash Field Academy
Leicester, LE5 4PY
Special 157 100% 43.9%
Wilson Stuart School
Birmingham, B23 7AT
Special 255 100% 47.1%
Portland Academy
Sunderland, SR3 2NQ
Special 208 100% 60.1%
Oak Wood Secondary School
Nuneaton, CV11 4QH
Special 175 100% 49.7%
The Woodlands Academy
Scarborough, YO12 6QN
Special 138 100% 60.1%
Barrs Court School
Hereford, HR1 1EQ
Special 94 100% 44.7%
Mary Rose Academy
Portsmouth, PO4 8GT
Special 197 100% 53.3%
Riverbank School
Coventry, CV3 2QD
Special 208 100% 55.3%
Blackfriars Academy
Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 2TF
Special 120 100% 39.2%
Westcroft School
Wolverhampton, WV10 8NZ
Special 193 100% 71.5%
Pioneer House High School
Manchester, M23 0FF
Special 156 100% 68.6%
Curnow School
Redruth, TR15 1LU
Special 112 100% 50%
The Meadows School
Leek, ST13 6EU
Special 129 100% 40.3%
The Bridge School
Birmingham, B73 6UE
Special 90 100% 55.6%
Meadowgate Academy
Wisbech, PE13 2JH
Special 181 100% 56.4%
Brooke School
Rugby, CV22 6DY
Special 200 100% 47%
Woodlands
Birmingham, B46 3JE
Special 215 100% 44.7%
Discovery Special Academy
Middlesbrough, TS5 7YN
Special 171 100% 66.7%
NCEA Castle School
Ashington, NE63 9FZ
Special 157 100% 56.7%
Hexham Priory School
Hexham, NE46 1UY
Special 122 100% 47.1%
Frederick Holmes School
Hull, HU6 8JJ
Special 109 100% 42.2%
Ashgate Croft School
Chesterfield, S40 4BN
Special 161 100% 55.3%
Heatherwood School
Doncaster, DN2 6HQ
Special 94 100% 48.9%
Mary Elliot Academy
Walsall, WS2 7NR
Special 142 100% 52.8%
Trent View College
Scunthorpe, DN17 1DS
Special 45 100% 57.8%
Cromwell High School
Dukinfield, SK16 5BJ
Special 150 100% 52.7%
Baginton Fields Academy
Coventry, CV3 4EA
Special 128 100% 54.7%
Highfurlong School
Blackpool, FY3 7LS
Special 124 100% 55.6%
Newman School
Rotherham, S60 3LX
Special 187 100% 59.9%