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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 26.32% 16.32% - 36.32%
Severe learning difficulty 55.64% 45.54% - 65.56%
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 13.53% 8.53% - 18.53%
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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
St John's School
Austin Canons, Bedford Road, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 8AA
179 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2023
0.00
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
Woodlands School index 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
Springfield School
Crewe Green Road, Cheshire East, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 5HS
213 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 February 2019
-6.60
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Shorefields School
Ogilvie House, 114 Holland Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 6HF
153 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 25 June 2019
-6.83
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Montacute School
3 Canford Heath Road, Poole, Dorset, BH17 9NG
90 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 March 2023
-7.40
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Oakdale School
Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 5LD
146 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2023
-7.57
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Woodlands School index school
Bransgrove Road, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 6JP
133 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 18 October 2023
-7.83
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
Tuke School
Daniel Gardens, Peckham, London, SE15 6ER
93 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 July 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Melland High School
Gorton Education Village, 50 Wembley Road, Gorton, Greater Manchester, M18 7DT
186 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 16 January 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.67
Well below average
Progress 8 score
North Ridge High School
Alworth Road, Blackley, Manchester, M9 0RP
199 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 27 March 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Dryden School
Shotley Gardens, Low Fell, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE9 5UR
57 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 November 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Uplands School
The Learning Campus, Tadpole Lane, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN25 2NB
155 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 30 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Greenfields Specialist School for Communication
Prentice Court, Lings Way, Goldings, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 8XS
94 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 February 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name St John's School
Address Austin Canons, Bedford Road, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 8AA
Pupils 179 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 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 Woodlands School index 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 Springfield School
Address Crewe Green Road, Cheshire East, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 5HS
Pupils 213 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 February 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-6.60 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Shorefields School
Address Ogilvie House, 114 Holland Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 6HF
Pupils 153 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 25 June 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-6.83 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Montacute School
Address 3 Canford Heath Road, Poole, Dorset, BH17 9NG
Pupils 90 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-7.40 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Oakdale School
Address Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 5LD
Pupils 146 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-7.57 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Woodlands School index school
Address Bransgrove Road, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 6JP
Pupils 133 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 18 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-7.83 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 Tuke School
Address Daniel Gardens, Peckham, London, SE15 6ER
Pupils 93 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 July 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Melland High School
Address Gorton Education Village, 50 Wembley Road, Gorton, Greater Manchester, M18 7DT
Pupils 186 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 16 January 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.67 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name North Ridge High School
Address Alworth Road, Blackley, Manchester, M9 0RP
Pupils 199 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 27 March 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Dryden School
Address Shotley Gardens, Low Fell, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE9 5UR
Pupils 57 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 November 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Uplands School
Address The Learning Campus, Tadpole Lane, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN25 2NB
Pupils 155 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 30 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Greenfields Specialist School for Communication
Address Prentice Court, Lings Way, Goldings, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 8XS
Pupils 94 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 February 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
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