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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 168.0 106 - 232
School phase Special Special
Urban / rural location Hamlet and isolated dwelling Hamlet and isolated dwelling, Rural and village, Town and fringe
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 31.0% 16.0% - 46.0%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 100.0% 80.0% - 100%
Pupils with English as an additional language 6.5% 0% - 16.5%
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
Valence School
Westerham Road, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1QN
119 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 December 2019
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.99
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Bidwell Brook School
Shinner's Bridge, Dartington, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6JU
158 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 21 June 2023
-2.03
Below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Sheringham Woodfields School
Holt Road, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8ND
144 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 23 January 2019
-4.73
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Shepherds Down Special School index school
Shepherds Lane, Compton, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 2AJ
168 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 February 2023
-5.50
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Hillside Specialist School and College
Ribchester Road, Longridge, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 3XB
106 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 February 2018
-5.97
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Grange Park School
Borough Green Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7RD
175 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 October 2016
-6.03
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.14
Average
Progress 8 score
St Luke's School
Crouch Hall Lane, Redbourn, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 7ET
160 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 June 2023
-6.37
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Chapel Green School
Attleborough Road, Old Buckenham, Norfolk, NR17 1RF
161 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 July 2023
-7.33
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Cleaswell Hill School
School Avenue, Guide Post, Choppington, Northumberland, NE62 5DJ
211 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 30 June 2022
-7.87
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.33
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Polden Bower School
Bower Lane, Bridgwater, TA6 4GU
194 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 March 2019
-7.93
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Furze Down School
Verney Road, Winslow, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, MK18 3BL
193 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 October 2018
-8.60
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.87
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Oakley School
Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4NE
232 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 26 March 2019
-9.83
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Mill Water School
Bicton, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 7BJ
120 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 March 2023
-12.00
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Sidestrand Hall School
Cromer Road, Sidestrand, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 0NH
194 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 November 2023
-19.40
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Oakfield Park School
Barnsley Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF7 7DT
163 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 09 October 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Valence School
Address Westerham Road, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1QN
Pupils 119 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 December 2019
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.99 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Bidwell Brook School
Address Shinner's Bridge, Dartington, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6JU
Pupils 158 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 21 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-2.03 Below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Sheringham Woodfields School
Address Holt Road, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8ND
Pupils 144 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 23 January 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-4.73 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Shepherds Down Special School index school
Address Shepherds Lane, Compton, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 2AJ
Pupils 168 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 February 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-5.50 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Hillside Specialist School and College
Address Ribchester Road, Longridge, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 3XB
Pupils 106 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 February 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-5.97 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Grange Park School
Address Borough Green Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7RD
Pupils 175 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 October 2016
Key stage 2 progress
-6.03 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.14 Average Progress 8 score
School name St Luke's School
Address Crouch Hall Lane, Redbourn, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 7ET
Pupils 160 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-6.37 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Chapel Green School
Address Attleborough Road, Old Buckenham, Norfolk, NR17 1RF
Pupils 161 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 July 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-7.33 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Cleaswell Hill School
Address School Avenue, Guide Post, Choppington, Northumberland, NE62 5DJ
Pupils 211 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 30 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-7.87 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.33 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Polden Bower School
Address Bower Lane, Bridgwater, TA6 4GU
Pupils 194 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 March 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-7.93 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Furze Down School
Address Verney Road, Winslow, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, MK18 3BL
Pupils 193 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 October 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-8.60 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.87 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Oakley School
Address Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4NE
Pupils 232 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 26 March 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-9.83 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Mill Water School
Address Bicton, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 7BJ
Pupils 120 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-12.00 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Sidestrand Hall School
Address Cromer Road, Sidestrand, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 0NH
Pupils 194 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-19.40 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Oakfield Park School
Address Barnsley Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF7 7DT
Pupils 163 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 09 October 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
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