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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 Academy Academies
Number of pupils 66 50 - 111
School phase Special Special
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 36.4% 29.4% - 43.4%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 100% 93% - 100%
Pupils with English as an additional language 9.1% 2.1% - 16.1%
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 2021 / 2022

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

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 2021 / 2022
Comparison schools
School Pupils Phase of education Ofsted rating Key stage 2 progress Progress 8
Beckfoot Phoenix
Braithwaite Avenue, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD22 6HZ
109 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 October 2023
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
The Ridgeway School
14 Frensham Road, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8HB
110 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 05 February 2020
-1.30
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Merryfields School
Hoon Avenue, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 9NY
108 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 January 2020
-3.53
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Thames Valley School
2 Conwy Close, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4BZ
53 pupils Special phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 08 December 2021
-5.13
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.46
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Springfield School
Springfield Road, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 6LQ
69 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 September 2022
-7.57
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Battledown Centre for Children and Families index school
Harp Hill, Battledown, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 6PZ
65 pupils Special phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Paternoster School
Watermoor Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1JR
66 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 October 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
The Chalet School
Liden Drive, Liden, Swindon, SN3 6EX
72 pupils Special phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Churchward School
William Morris Way, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN25 2PP
91 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 January 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Critchill Special School
Nunney Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 4LB
89 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Aspire School
Vellum Drive, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 5DA
152 pupils Special phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 12 October 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Coppice Academy
Abbots Way, Westlands, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 2EY
98 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 January 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.69
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Bardwell School
Hendon Place, Sunderland Drive, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 4RZ
106 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
The Lindfield School
Lindfield Road, Hampden Park, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 0BQ
111 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 March 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.16
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Blackfriars Academy
Priory Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2TF
119 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 October 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Beckfoot Phoenix
Address Braithwaite Avenue, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD22 6HZ
Pupils 109 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name The Ridgeway School
Address 14 Frensham Road, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8HB
Pupils 110 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 05 February 2020
Key stage 2 progress
-1.30 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Merryfields School
Address Hoon Avenue, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 9NY
Pupils 108 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 January 2020
Key stage 2 progress
-3.53 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Thames Valley School
Address 2 Conwy Close, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4BZ
Pupils 53 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 08 December 2021
Key stage 2 progress
-5.13 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.46 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Springfield School
Address Springfield Road, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 6LQ
Pupils 69 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 September 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-7.57 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Battledown Centre for Children and Families index school
Address Harp Hill, Battledown, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 6PZ
Pupils 65 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating Not rated ofsted rating
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Paternoster School
Address Watermoor Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1JR
Pupils 66 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name The Chalet School
Address Liden Drive, Liden, Swindon, SN3 6EX
Pupils 72 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Churchward School
Address William Morris Way, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN25 2PP
Pupils 91 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 January 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Critchill Special School
Address Nunney Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 4LB
Pupils 89 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Aspire School
Address Vellum Drive, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 5DA
Pupils 152 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 12 October 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Coppice Academy
Address Abbots Way, Westlands, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 2EY
Pupils 98 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 January 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.69 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Bardwell School
Address Hendon Place, Sunderland Drive, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 4RZ
Pupils 106 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name The Lindfield School
Address Lindfield Road, Hampden Park, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 0BQ
Pupils 111 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 March 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.16 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Blackfriars Academy
Address Priory Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2TF
Pupils 119 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
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