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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
Severe learning difficulty 59.72% 56.3% - 63.11%
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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
Severndale Specialist Academy
Woodcote Way, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5SH
413 pupils Special phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 16 March 2022
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.64
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The Livity School
Adare Walk, Streatham, London, SW16 2PW
110 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 July 2019
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Samuel Pepys School
Cromwell Road, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 2EZ
119 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 27 March 2019
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Castle School, Cambridge
Courtney Way, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2EE
219 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 May 2023
-3.47
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.53
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Springfield School
At the Bronze Barrow, Cedar Drive, Cedar Drive, Madley Park, WITNEY, Oxfordshire, OX28 1AR
103 pupils Special phase Not rated ofsted rating
-4.20
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Red Gates School
Farnborough Avenue, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 8HD
165 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 01 March 2023
-4.53
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Sheringham Woodfields School index 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
The Avenue Special School
The Avenue Centre, Conwy Close, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4BZ
204 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 May 2023
-5.60
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
The Bridge School
Sprites Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 3ND
165 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
-5.67
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Woodlands School
Fortyfoot Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 8RY
106 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2023
-6.37
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Watermill School
Turnhurst Road, Chell, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 6JZ
234 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 November 2023
-6.67
Well below 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
-8.90
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Grangewood School
Ballinger Way, Northolt, UB5 6GG
131 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 February 2020
-9.00
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Lancaster School
Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0RT
126 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 March 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
The Beacon College
Eastnor Drive, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR1 1NZ
43 pupils 16 plus phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Severndale Specialist Academy
Address Woodcote Way, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5SH
Pupils 413 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 16 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.64 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The Livity School
Address Adare Walk, Streatham, London, SW16 2PW
Pupils 110 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 July 2019
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Samuel Pepys School
Address Cromwell Road, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 2EZ
Pupils 119 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 27 March 2019
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Castle School, Cambridge
Address Courtney Way, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2EE
Pupils 219 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 May 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-3.47 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.53 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Springfield School
Address At the Bronze Barrow, Cedar Drive, Cedar Drive, Madley Park, WITNEY, Oxfordshire, OX28 1AR
Pupils 103 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating Not rated ofsted rating
Key stage 2 progress
-4.20 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Red Gates School
Address Farnborough Avenue, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 8HD
Pupils 165 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 01 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-4.53 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Sheringham Woodfields School index 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 The Avenue Special School
Address The Avenue Centre, Conwy Close, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4BZ
Pupils 204 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 May 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-5.60 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name The Bridge School
Address Sprites Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 3ND
Pupils 165 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-5.67 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Woodlands School
Address Fortyfoot Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 8RY
Pupils 106 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-6.37 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Watermill School
Address Turnhurst Road, Chell, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 6JZ
Pupils 234 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-6.67 Well below 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
-8.90 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Grangewood School
Address Ballinger Way, Northolt, UB5 6GG
Pupils 131 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 February 2020
Key stage 2 progress
-9.00 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Lancaster School
Address Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0RT
Pupils 126 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name The Beacon College
Address Eastnor Drive, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR1 1NZ
Pupils 43 pupils
Phase of education 16 plus 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
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