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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
                        Connaught Special School
                         (Your chosen school)  | 
                    Special | 16 | 100% | 31.3% | 
| 
                        Medeshamstede Academy
                         Peterborough, PE1 5LQ  | 
                    Special | 106 | 100% | 41.5% | 
| 
                        Thames Valley School
                         Reading, RG30 4BZ  | 
                    Special | 55 | 100% | 38.2% | 
| 
                        The Rise Free School
                         Feltham, TW13 7EF  | 
                    Special | 138 | 100% | 42% | 
| 
                        Church Lawton School
                         Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3EL  | 
                    Special | 75 | 100% | 22.7% | 
| 
                        The Bridge Integrated Learning Space
                         London, N1 0HY  | 
                    Special | 27 | 100% | 70.4% | 
| 
                        Riverside Bridge School
                         Barking, IG11 0FU  | 
                    Special | 196 | 100% | 43.4% | 
| 
                        Dysart School
                         Surbiton, KT6 6HL  | 
                    Special | 164 | 100% | 31.7% | 
| 
                        Vanguard School
                         London, SE11 6QH  | 
                    Special | 64 | 100% | 48.4% | 
| 
                        The Bridge School
                         London, N7 9LD  | 
                    Special | 246 | 100% | 63.8% | 
| 
                        Strathmore School
                         Twickenham, TW1 4DQ  | 
                    Special | 117 | 100% | 32.5% | 
| 
                        Spa School Camberwell
                         London, SE5 7EW  | 
                    Special | 101 | 100% | 59.4% | 
| 
                        The Windmill School
                         Barnet, EN5 5TS  | 
                    Special | 11 | 100% | 27.3% | 
| 
                        Purple Oaks Academy
                         Northampton, NN2 7RR  | 
                    Special | 119 | 100% | 31.9% | 
| 
                        The Wherry School
                         Norwich, NR1 2GB  | 
                    Special | 117 | 100% | 31.6% | 
| 
                        The Grove
                         London, N17 6AR  | 
                    Special | 128 | 100% | 43% | 
| 
                        Holbrook School for Autism
                         Belper, DE56 0TE  | 
                    Special | 147 | 100% | 51.7% | 
| 
                        Spa School, Bermondsey
                         London, SE1 5RN  | 
                    Special | 115 | 100% | 60.9% | 
| 
                        The Chalet School
                         Swindon, SN3 6EX  | 
                    Special | 80 | 100% | 38.8% | 
| 
                        Woodside Academy
                         Erith, DA8 3PB  | 
                    Special | 199 | 100% | 29.6% | 
| 
                        Addington Valley Academy
                         Croydon, CR0 9AZ  | 
                    Special | 133 | 100% | 42.1% | 
| 
                        Chiltern Way Academy Wokingham
                         Wokingham, RG40 2HR  | 
                    Special | 56 | 100% | 48.2% | 
| 
                        Chatten Free School
                         Rivenhall, CM8 3HH  | 
                    Special | 71 | 100% | 25.4% | 
| 
                        The Cavendish School
                         Impington, CB24 9LY  | 
                    Special | 99 | 100% | 28.3% | 
| 
                        Cornerstone School
                         Belvedere, DA17 6DW  | 
                    Special | 78 | 100% | 44.9% | 
| 
                        The Bridge Easton
                         Easton, NR9 5EA  | 
                    Special | 100 | 100% | 35% | 
| 
                        Elm Tree Primary Academy
                         Wednesbury, WS10 0TB  | 
                    Special | 48 | 100% | 35.4% | 
| 
                        The Hawthorns School
                         Chelmsford, CM1 2BN  | 
                    Special | 24 | 100% | 20.8% | 
| 
                        The Heights Academy
                         Solihull, B36 0DD  | 
                    Special | 26 | 100% | 53.8% | 
| 
                        Spring School
                         Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7AB  | 
                    Special | 36 | 100% | 25.7% |