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Benchmarking charts

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 53.64% 44.56% - 62.33%
Moderate learning difficulty 10.91% 5.91% - 15.91%
Severe learning difficulty 17.27% 7.27% - 27.27%
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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
John Watson School index school
Littleworth Road, Wheatley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX33 1NN
110 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 October 2022
0.00
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
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
Brookfields Special School
Sage Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6SW
238 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 September 2019
-6.13
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 Fountains Primary School
Bitham Lane, Stretton, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 0HB
201 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2023
-6.80
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Hope Wood Academy
Crawlaw Road, Easington Colliery, Peterlee, Durham, SR8 3LP
223 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 September 2018
-7.17
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
Linwood School
Alma Road, Winton, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH9 1AJ
395 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 30 November 2023
-8.37
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.47
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
Newark Orchard School
London Road, Balderton, Newark, NG24 3AL
161 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 June 2019
-11.37
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
Mill Green School
Lansbury Avenue, Parr, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 1BU
116 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 01 November 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Riverside School
White Hart Lane, Wood Green, London, N22 5QJ
157 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 30 March 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name John Watson School index school
Address Littleworth Road, Wheatley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX33 1NN
Pupils 110 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 October 2022
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 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 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 Brookfields Special School
Address Sage Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6SW
Pupils 238 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 September 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-6.13 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 Fountains Primary School
Address Bitham Lane, Stretton, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 0HB
Pupils 201 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-6.80 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Hope Wood Academy
Address Crawlaw Road, Easington Colliery, Peterlee, Durham, SR8 3LP
Pupils 223 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 September 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-7.17 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 Linwood School
Address Alma Road, Winton, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH9 1AJ
Pupils 395 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 30 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-8.37 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.47 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 Newark Orchard School
Address London Road, Balderton, Newark, NG24 3AL
Pupils 161 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 June 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-11.37 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 Mill Green School
Address Lansbury Avenue, Parr, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 1BU
Pupils 116 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 01 November 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Riverside School
Address White Hart Lane, Wood Green, London, N22 5QJ
Pupils 157 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 30 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
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