Columbia Grange 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
Columbia Grange School
(Your chosen school)
Special 140 100% 63.6%
Barbara Priestman Academy
Sunderland, SR2 7QN
Special 190 100% 57.9%
Hope Wood Academy
Durham, SR8 3LP
Special 227 100% 63.9%
Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, TS12 2UW
Special 189 100% 42.3%
The Courtyard Islington
London, N7 8LT
Special 68 100% 51.5%
Cliffdale Primary Academy
Portsmouth, PO2 0SN
Special 219 100% 58%
Hawthorns School
Hyde, SK14 6PJ
Special 233 100% 42.5%
John F Kennedy Special School
London, E15 4RZ
Special 198 100% 66.2%
Torfield School
Hastings, TN34 3JT
Special 102 100% 43.1%
The Mendip School
Shepton Mallet, BA4 4FZ
Special 227 100% 37.3%
Rivermead School
Gillingham, ME7 1UG
Special 151 100% 55.4%
Gosberton House Academy
Spalding, PE11 4EW
Special 99 100% 49.5%
Broadmeadow Special School
Wolverhampton, WV1 4AL
Special 73 100% 60.3%
High Park School
Bradford, BD9 6RY
Special 120 100% 44.2%
Yeoman Park Academy
Mansfield, NG19 8PS
Special 114 100% 63.2%
The Link School
Croydon, CR0 4PG
Special 157 100% 42.7%
NCEA Castle School
Ashington, NE63 9FZ
Special 157 100% 56.7%
St Giles' Spencer Academy
Derby, DE21 6BT
Special 148 100% 55.4%
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%
Harry Watts Academy
Sunderland, SR5 5JA
Special 175 100% 51.4%
The Fusion Academy
Leicester, LE9 8AG
Special 93 100% 26.9%
Orchard Manor School
Dawlish, EX7 9SF
Special 219 100% 42.9%
Leycroft Academy
Birmingham, B33 9UE
Special 171 100% 54.4%
Chaffinch Brook School
Croydon, CR0 6NA
Special 93 100% 76.3%
Woodbridge Road Academy
Ipswich, IP4 2EB
Special 76 100% 45.3%
Discovery Academy
Sheffield, S2 3QF
Special 108 100% 57.4%
Tettenhall Wood School
Wolverhampton, WV6 8XF
Special 170 100% 57.6%
Co-op Academy Brierley
Leeds, LS9 0BA
Special 144 100% 53.5%