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Comparing  to special schools based on your SEN characteristics.
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Characteristic Default school value Comparison criteria
Finance type Maintained All
School phase Special Special
Autistic spectrum disorder 61.49% 46.49% - 76.49%
Moderate learning difficulty 10.56% 5.56% - 15.56%
Speech, language and communications needs 21.12% 11.12% - 31.12%
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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

More about occupation total
These are costs associated with occupying the school building. They include energy, water, sewerage, rates, insurance, and catering.
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Supplies and services total

Interest charges for loans and banking

More about interest charges for loans and banking

This includes:

  • interest paid on overdrafts and other liabilities

It excludes:

  • interest received

Community expenditure total

Special facilities total

More about special facilities total

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
Pentland Field School
Pentland Way, Ickenham, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB10 8TS
161 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2023
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Market Field School
School Road, Elmstead Market, Colchester, Essex, CO7 7ET
446 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 October 2023
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.57
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Southfield School
Woods Avenue, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 8NN
85 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 July 2019
-3.07
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Hayfield School index school
Manor Drive, Upton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 4LN
161 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
-4.83
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Fosse Way School
Longfellow Road, Radstock, Bath, Somerset, BA3 3AL
220 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 September 2021
-4.90
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.30
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Ivel Valley School & College
Hitchmead Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18 0NL
243 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
-5.23
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Gosberton House Academy
11 Westhorpe Road, Gosberton, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 4EW
103 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 21 May 2019
-5.30
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Billing Brook Special School
Penistone Road, Lumbertubs, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 8EZ
257 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 16 October 2019
-6.73
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
The Dame Ellen Pinsent School
Ardencote Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B13 0RW
151 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 19 September 2018
-7.53
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
The Beacon Folkestone
Park Farm Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5DN
419 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 February 2019
-8.03
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.61
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Mowbray School
Masham Road, Bedale, North Yorkshire, DL8 2SD
308 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 26 April 2023
-8.47
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.36
Well below average
Progress 8 score
St Nicholas' School
Holm Oak Close, Nunnery Fields, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3JJ
353 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 July 2018
-8.97
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Bader Special Academy
Chappell Avenue, Edenthorpe, Doncaster, DN3 2EW
98 pupils Special phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 02 March 2023
-9.50
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Five Acre Wood School
Boughton Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9QF
793 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 28 March 2019
-12.47
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.67
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Greenbank School
Greenbank Lane, Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 1LD
116 pupils Special phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 02 March 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-2.11
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Pentland Field School
Address Pentland Way, Ickenham, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB10 8TS
Pupils 161 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Market Field School
Address School Road, Elmstead Market, Colchester, Essex, CO7 7ET
Pupils 446 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.57 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Southfield School
Address Woods Avenue, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 8NN
Pupils 85 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 July 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-3.07 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Hayfield School index school
Address Manor Drive, Upton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 4LN
Pupils 161 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-4.83 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Fosse Way School
Address Longfellow Road, Radstock, Bath, Somerset, BA3 3AL
Pupils 220 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 September 2021
Key stage 2 progress
-4.90 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.30 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Ivel Valley School & College
Address Hitchmead Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18 0NL
Pupils 243 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-5.23 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Gosberton House Academy
Address 11 Westhorpe Road, Gosberton, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 4EW
Pupils 103 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 21 May 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-5.30 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Billing Brook Special School
Address Penistone Road, Lumbertubs, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 8EZ
Pupils 257 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 16 October 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-6.73 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name The Dame Ellen Pinsent School
Address Ardencote Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B13 0RW
Pupils 151 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 19 September 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-7.53 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name The Beacon Folkestone
Address Park Farm Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5DN
Pupils 419 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 February 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-8.03 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.61 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Mowbray School
Address Masham Road, Bedale, North Yorkshire, DL8 2SD
Pupils 308 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 26 April 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-8.47 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.36 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name St Nicholas' School
Address Holm Oak Close, Nunnery Fields, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3JJ
Pupils 353 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 July 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-8.97 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Bader Special Academy
Address Chappell Avenue, Edenthorpe, Doncaster, DN3 2EW
Pupils 98 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 02 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-9.50 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Five Acre Wood School
Address Boughton Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9QF
Pupils 793 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 28 March 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-12.47 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.67 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Greenbank School
Address Greenbank Lane, Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 1LD
Pupils 116 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 02 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-2.11 Well below average Progress 8 score
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