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Comparing  to schools matching your chosen characteristics.
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This benchmark was created using the following criteria.
Characteristic Default school value Comparison criteria
Finance type Maintained Maintained
Number of pupils 143.0 100 - 181
School phase Special Special
Urban / rural location Conurbation Conurbation
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 45.5% 38.5% - 52.5%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 100.0% 93.0% - 100%
Pupils with English as an additional language 2.8% 0% - 9.8%
Within your local authority - No
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The data below is from the latest year available. For maintained schools this is 2022 - 2023, academies from 2022 / 2023

Total expenditure

Staff total

Premises total

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Occupation total

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Supplies and services total

Interest charges for loans and banking

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This includes:

  • interest paid on overdrafts and other liabilities

It excludes:

  • interest received

Community expenditure total

Special facilities total

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This includes:

  • swimming pools and sports centres
  • boarding provision
  • rural studies and farm units
  • payments by your school to another school for the benefit of pupils at the other school
  • pupil inter-site travel, eg moving between sites
  • expenses relating to before and after school clubs
  • delegated home to school transport
  • indirect employee expenses and agency staff expenses relating to a special facility
  • purchase of trading items for re-sale, eg school uniforms, books, stationery
  • donations paid by the school to a charity
  • community education with a benefit to the pupils at the school

It excludes:

  • staff costs associated with managing and supporting the special facility for directly employed staff
  • staff teaching in the special facility
  • school trips
  • residential special schools
  • any community-focused expenditure
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School context data

School name Local authority School type Number of pupils
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The data below is from the latest year available. For maintained schools this is 2022 - 2023, academies from 2022 / 2023
Comparison schools
School Pupils Phase of education Ofsted rating Key stage 2 progress Progress 8
Merstone School
Windward Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0UE
148 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 27 September 2023
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Landgate School, Bryn
Landgate Lane, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Bryn, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN4 0EP
116 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 June 2022
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Knowsley Central School
Mossbrow Road, Huyton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L36 7SY
100 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 December 2019
-2.10
Below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Stanley School index school
Greenbank Drive, Pensby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 5UE
143 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 March 2023
-2.60
Below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Alfreton Park Community Special School
Alfreton Park, Wingfield Road, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 7AL
123 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 May 2022
-4.97
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Sunningdale School
Doxford Park Way, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR3 2PP
121 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 07 June 2023
-4.97
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Benton Dene School
Hailsham Avenue, Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE12 8FD
121 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 November 2022
-5.40
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Newman School
East Bawtry Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 3LX
156 pupils Special phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 13 October 2022
-5.87
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.62
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Columbia Grange School
Oxclose Road, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE38 7NY
120 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 04 March 2020
-6.10
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Gibside School
Shipcote Lane, Gateshead, NE8 4DE
181 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 09 June 2022
-6.93
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Stone Hill School
Barnsley Road, Scawsby, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN5 7UB
140 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 June 2019
-8.93
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
The Collett School
Lockers Park Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 1TQ
130 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 October 2018
-8.93
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Redbridge High School
179 Long Lane, Norris Green, Liverpool, Merseyside, L9 6AD
146 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 07 March 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Foxfield School
New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Merseyside, CH49 5LF
174 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 February 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Hednesford Valley High School
Stanley Road, Hednesford, Staffordshire, WS12 4JS
177 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 March 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.70
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Merstone School
Address Windward Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0UE
Pupils 148 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 27 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Landgate School, Bryn
Address Landgate Lane, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Bryn, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN4 0EP
Pupils 116 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Knowsley Central School
Address Mossbrow Road, Huyton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L36 7SY
Pupils 100 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 December 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-2.10 Below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Stanley School index school
Address Greenbank Drive, Pensby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 5UE
Pupils 143 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-2.60 Below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Alfreton Park Community Special School
Address Alfreton Park, Wingfield Road, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 7AL
Pupils 123 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-4.97 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Sunningdale School
Address Doxford Park Way, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR3 2PP
Pupils 121 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 07 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-4.97 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Benton Dene School
Address Hailsham Avenue, Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE12 8FD
Pupils 121 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-5.40 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Newman School
Address East Bawtry Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 3LX
Pupils 156 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 13 October 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-5.87 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.62 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Columbia Grange School
Address Oxclose Road, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE38 7NY
Pupils 120 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 04 March 2020
Key stage 2 progress
-6.10 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Gibside School
Address Shipcote Lane, Gateshead, NE8 4DE
Pupils 181 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 09 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-6.93 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Stone Hill School
Address Barnsley Road, Scawsby, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN5 7UB
Pupils 140 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 June 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-8.93 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name The Collett School
Address Lockers Park Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 1TQ
Pupils 130 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 October 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-8.93 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Redbridge High School
Address 179 Long Lane, Norris Green, Liverpool, Merseyside, L9 6AD
Pupils 146 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 07 March 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Foxfield School
Address New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Merseyside, CH49 5LF
Pupils 174 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 February 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Hednesford Valley High School
Address Stanley Road, Hednesford, Staffordshire, WS12 4JS
Pupils 177 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 March 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.70 Well below average Progress 8 score
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