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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 19.78% 1.87% - 37.69%
Severe learning difficulty 15.38% 4.23% - 26.53%
Physical disability 38.46% 17.31% - 55.56%
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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

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
The Cedar School
Redbridge Lane, Nursling, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 0XN
92 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 July 2018
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Frederick Holmes School
Inglemire Lane, Hull, HU6 8JJ
108 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 February 2023
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Saxon Hill Academy
Kings Hill Road, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9DE
135 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 October 2018
-0.37
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy
Defoe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6SG
106 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 November 2021
-2.20
Below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Lancasterian School
Elizabeth Slinger Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2XA
183 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 July 2019
-3.83
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Victoria School
Bell Hill, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 1LD
226 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 03 November 2022
-4.67
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Brays School
Brays Road, Sheldon, Brays School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B26 1NS
104 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 05 February 2020
-4.80
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Bedelsford School
Grange Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 2QZ
129 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 December 2018
-4.97
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Newman School
East Bawtry Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 3LX
156 pupils Special phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 13 October 2022
-5.87
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.62
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Highfurlong School
Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 7LS
109 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 26 September 2018
-6.23
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Ridgeway School
Hill Rise, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 7EB
95 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 November 2019
-6.83
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
The St Francis Special School, Lincoln
Wickenby Crescent, Ermine Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3TJ
164 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 03 November 2022
-12.40
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Sandfield Park School index school
South Drive, Sandfield Park, West Derby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L12 1LH
91 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 March 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Blackfriars Academy
Priory Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2TF
119 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 October 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.71
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Highshore School
135 Farmers Road, Camberwell, London, SE5 0TW
152 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 01 March 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name The Cedar School
Address Redbridge Lane, Nursling, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 0XN
Pupils 92 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 July 2018
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Frederick Holmes School
Address Inglemire Lane, Hull, HU6 8JJ
Pupils 108 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 February 2023
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Saxon Hill Academy
Address Kings Hill Road, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9DE
Pupils 135 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 October 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-0.37 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy
Address Defoe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6SG
Pupils 106 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
-2.20 Below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Lancasterian School
Address Elizabeth Slinger Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2XA
Pupils 183 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 July 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-3.83 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Victoria School
Address Bell Hill, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 1LD
Pupils 226 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 03 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-4.67 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Brays School
Address Brays Road, Sheldon, Brays School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B26 1NS
Pupils 104 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 05 February 2020
Key stage 2 progress
-4.80 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Bedelsford School
Address Grange Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 2QZ
Pupils 129 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 December 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-4.97 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Newman School
Address East Bawtry Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 3LX
Pupils 156 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 13 October 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-5.87 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.62 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Highfurlong School
Address Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 7LS
Pupils 109 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 26 September 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-6.23 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Ridgeway School
Address Hill Rise, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 7EB
Pupils 95 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 November 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-6.83 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name The St Francis Special School, Lincoln
Address Wickenby Crescent, Ermine Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3TJ
Pupils 164 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 03 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-12.40 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Sandfield Park School index school
Address South Drive, Sandfield Park, West Derby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L12 1LH
Pupils 91 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 March 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Blackfriars Academy
Address Priory Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2TF
Pupils 119 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.71 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Highshore School
Address 135 Farmers Road, Camberwell, London, SE5 0TW
Pupils 152 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 01 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
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