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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 28.97% 18.97% - 38.97%
Moderate learning difficulty 35.51% 29.19% - 36.94%
Speech, language and communications needs 17.76% 12.76% - 22.76%
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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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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

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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
Great Arley School index school
Holly Road, Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 4HH
107 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 October 2018
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Weatherfield Academy
Brewers Hill Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6 1AF
165 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 June 2023
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Stone Lodge Academy
Stone Lodge Lane West, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 9HW
169 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 July 2023
-2.73
Below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Marshfields School
Eastern Close, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 4PP
171 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 21 September 2023
-7.00
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.53
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The Parkside School, Norwich
College Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 3JA
179 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 23 January 2020
-7.03
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Park Community Academy
158 Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 9HF
322 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 18 October 2023
-7.17
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.65
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Combe Pafford School
Steps Lane, Watcombe, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 8NL
268 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 October 2018
-10.73
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.35
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Samuel Cody School
Ballantyne Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8SN
268 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 May 2022
-14.60
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.10
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The Ashley School
Ashley Downs, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4EU
158 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2023
-14.87
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.52
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Selly Oak Trust School
Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6HZ
386 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.52
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Southlands School
Beach Road, Tynemouth, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 2QR
169 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.57
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The Valley School
Broadhall Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 9BN
172 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 July 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.72
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Pebble Brook School
Churchill Avenue, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8LZ
161 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 September 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.93
Well below average
Progress 8 score
St Nicholas School
Philpott Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 4RL
90 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 February 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-2.10
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Manor Academy Sale
Manor Avenue, Sale, Cheshire, M33 5JX
203 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 October 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.52
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Great Arley School index school
Address Holly Road, Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 4HH
Pupils 107 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 October 2018
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Weatherfield Academy
Address Brewers Hill Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6 1AF
Pupils 165 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Stone Lodge Academy
Address Stone Lodge Lane West, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 9HW
Pupils 169 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 July 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-2.73 Below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Marshfields School
Address Eastern Close, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 4PP
Pupils 171 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 21 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-7.00 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.53 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The Parkside School, Norwich
Address College Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 3JA
Pupils 179 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 23 January 2020
Key stage 2 progress
-7.03 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Park Community Academy
Address 158 Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 9HF
Pupils 322 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 18 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-7.17 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.65 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Combe Pafford School
Address Steps Lane, Watcombe, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 8NL
Pupils 268 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 October 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-10.73 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.35 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Samuel Cody School
Address Ballantyne Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8SN
Pupils 268 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-14.60 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.10 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The Ashley School
Address Ashley Downs, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4EU
Pupils 158 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-14.87 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.52 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Selly Oak Trust School
Address Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6HZ
Pupils 386 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.52 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Southlands School
Address Beach Road, Tynemouth, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 2QR
Pupils 169 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.57 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The Valley School
Address Broadhall Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 9BN
Pupils 172 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 July 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.72 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Pebble Brook School
Address Churchill Avenue, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8LZ
Pupils 161 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 September 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.93 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name St Nicholas School
Address Philpott Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 4RL
Pupils 90 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 February 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-2.10 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Manor Academy Sale
Address Manor Avenue, Sale, Cheshire, M33 5JX
Pupils 203 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 October 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.52 Well below average Progress 8 score
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