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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 10.87% 0% - 23.59%
Social, emotional and mental health 67.39% 61.17% - 81.93%
Other learning difficulty 10.87% 3.15% - 18.59%
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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
Bramley Oak Academy
Horsham Road, Bramley, Guildford, Surrey, GU5 0BJ
57 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 October 2023
0.30
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Adelaide School
Adelaide Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3DT
93 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 31 January 2018
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-3.35
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Notton House Academy
28 Notton, Lacock, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2NF
49 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2022
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-2.10
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Stephenson Academy
Crosslands, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK14 6AX
92 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 December 2018
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.37
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Unified Academy
Chart Lane South, Dorking, RH5 4DB
64 pupils Special phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 23 November 2022
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-2.05
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Foxfields Academy
Hospital Lane, Blaby, Leicestershire, LE8 4FE
59 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 January 2023
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
The Observatory School
Bidston Village Road, Bidston, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 7QT
116 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 March 2018
-2.63
Below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.93
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Aspire Academy
Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath, BA2 5RF
103 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 March 2017
-4.17
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-2.23
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Brownhill School index school
Heights Lane, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 0PZ
92 pupils Special phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
-5.47
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-2.71
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Wandle Valley Academy
Welbeck Road, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 1LW
83 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 November 2023
-8.20
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-2.23
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Tregonwell Academy
Petersfield Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 6QP
137 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2023
-8.43
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.89
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Maplefields Academy
Tower Hill Road, Corby, Northamptonshire, NN18 0TH
115 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 June 2023
-8.83
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.02
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Holgate Meadows School
Lindsay Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 7WE
95 pupils Special phase 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 24 March 2022
-8.90
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.43
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Woodlands Academy
Partney Road, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5EJ
63 pupils Special phase 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 18 November 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Peak Academy
Drake Lane, Dursley, GL11 5HD
60 pupils Special phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-2.62
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Bramley Oak Academy
Address Horsham Road, Bramley, Guildford, Surrey, GU5 0BJ
Pupils 57 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
0.30 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Adelaide School
Address Adelaide Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3DT
Pupils 93 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 31 January 2018
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-3.35 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Notton House Academy
Address 28 Notton, Lacock, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2NF
Pupils 49 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-2.10 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Stephenson Academy
Address Crosslands, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK14 6AX
Pupils 92 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 December 2018
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.37 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Unified Academy
Address Chart Lane South, Dorking, RH5 4DB
Pupils 64 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 23 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-2.05 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Foxfields Academy
Address Hospital Lane, Blaby, Leicestershire, LE8 4FE
Pupils 59 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 January 2023
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name The Observatory School
Address Bidston Village Road, Bidston, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 7QT
Pupils 116 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 March 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-2.63 Below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.93 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Aspire Academy
Address Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath, BA2 5RF
Pupils 103 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 March 2017
Key stage 2 progress
-4.17 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-2.23 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Brownhill School index school
Address Heights Lane, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 0PZ
Pupils 92 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-5.47 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-2.71 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Wandle Valley Academy
Address Welbeck Road, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 1LW
Pupils 83 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-8.20 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-2.23 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Tregonwell Academy
Address Petersfield Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 6QP
Pupils 137 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-8.43 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.89 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Maplefields Academy
Address Tower Hill Road, Corby, Northamptonshire, NN18 0TH
Pupils 115 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-8.83 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.02 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Holgate Meadows School
Address Lindsay Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 7WE
Pupils 95 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 24 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-8.90 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.43 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Woodlands Academy
Address Partney Road, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5EJ
Pupils 63 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 18 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Peak Academy
Address Drake Lane, Dursley, GL11 5HD
Pupils 60 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
-2.62 Well below average Progress 8 score
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