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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 50.0% 46.2% - 53.54%
Speech, language and communications needs 11.93% 1.93% - 21.93%
Severe learning difficulty 11.93% 6.93% - 16.93%
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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
John Grant School, Caister-on-Sea
St George's Drive, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 5QW
176 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 05 May 2023
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Briarwood School
Briar Way, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 4EA
164 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 May 2023
-2.10
Below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Co-op Academy Delius
Barkerend Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD3 8QX
171 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
-2.30
Below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Bennerley Fields School
Stratford Street, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 8QZ
97 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 January 2023
-3.40
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Arbour Vale School
Farnham Road, Farnham Royal, Slough, SL2 3AE
342 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 January 2023
-4.53
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Castle Wood Special School
50 Deedmore Road, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 1FN
160 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 06 February 2019
-5.37
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Oakleigh School & Acorn Assessment Centre
Oakleigh Road North, Whetstone, London, N20 0DH
176 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 June 2019
-5.50
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Cambridge Park Academy
Cambridge Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN34 5EB
218 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 February 2023
-5.53
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Ifield School
Cedar Avenue, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5JT
265 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2023
-7.87
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
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
Hilltop School
Larch Road, Maltby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 8AZ
134 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 May 2019
-11.13
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
Cliffdale Primary Academy
Battenburg Avenue, North End, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 0SN
215 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 09 February 2022
-13.17
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Aegir - A Specialist Academy
Sweyn Lane, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 1PB
129 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 26 June 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name John Grant School, Caister-on-Sea
Address St George's Drive, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 5QW
Pupils 176 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 05 May 2023
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Briarwood School
Address Briar Way, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 4EA
Pupils 164 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 May 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-2.10 Below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Co-op Academy Delius
Address Barkerend Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD3 8QX
Pupils 171 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-2.30 Below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Bennerley Fields School
Address Stratford Street, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 8QZ
Pupils 97 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 January 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-3.40 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Arbour Vale School
Address Farnham Road, Farnham Royal, Slough, SL2 3AE
Pupils 342 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 January 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-4.53 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Castle Wood Special School
Address 50 Deedmore Road, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 1FN
Pupils 160 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 06 February 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-5.37 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Oakleigh School & Acorn Assessment Centre
Address Oakleigh Road North, Whetstone, London, N20 0DH
Pupils 176 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 June 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-5.50 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Cambridge Park Academy
Address Cambridge Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN34 5EB
Pupils 218 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 February 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-5.53 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Ifield School
Address Cedar Avenue, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5JT
Pupils 265 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-7.87 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 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 Hilltop School
Address Larch Road, Maltby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 8AZ
Pupils 134 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 May 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-11.13 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 Cliffdale Primary Academy
Address Battenburg Avenue, North End, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 0SN
Pupils 215 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 09 February 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-13.17 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Aegir - A Specialist Academy
Address Sweyn Lane, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 1PB
Pupils 129 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 26 June 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
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