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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 Academy All
School phase Special Special
Social, emotional and mental health 69.89% 66.38% - 73.4%
Other learning difficulty 10.75% 0.75% - 20.75%
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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
Bramley Oak Academy
Horsham Road, Bramley, Guildford, Surrey, GU5 0BJ
57 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 October 2023
0.30
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Adelaide School index school
Adelaide Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3DT
93 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 31 January 2018
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-3.35
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Sir Peter Hall School
Airfield Road, Bury St. Edmunds, IP32 7PJ
35 pupils Special phase Not rated ofsted rating
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Notton House Academy
28 Notton, Lacock, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2NF
49 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2022
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-2.10
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Stephenson Academy
Crosslands, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK14 6AX
92 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 December 2018
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.37
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The Observatory School
Bidston Village Road, Bidston, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 7QT
116 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 March 2018
-2.63
Below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.93
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Brownhill School
Heights Lane, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 0PZ
92 pupils Special phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
-5.47
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-2.71
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Elements Academy
Doe Quarry Lane, Dinnington, Sheffield, S25 2NF
131 pupils Special phase Not rated ofsted rating
-6.47
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.83
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Bridgeview Special School
Pickering Road, Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD
62 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 01 March 2019
-8.10
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Tregonwell Academy
Petersfield Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 6QP
137 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2023
-8.43
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.89
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Kingfisher School
Clifton Close, Matchborough, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 0HF
135 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 February 2022
-10.77
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-2.04
Well below average
Progress 8 score
New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)
Beauchamp Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 9JU
94 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 19 October 2023
-10.80
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.48
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Kingsmead School
Brighton Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 8TE
115 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 30 September 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.97
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Hope High School
Carfield, Clay Brow, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 9DP
84 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 December 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.63
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Hamilton School
135 Bulmershe Road, Reading, RG1 5SG
51 pupils Special phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.77
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Bramley Oak Academy
Address Horsham Road, Bramley, Guildford, Surrey, GU5 0BJ
Pupils 57 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
0.30 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Adelaide School index school
Address Adelaide Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3DT
Pupils 93 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 31 January 2018
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-3.35 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Sir Peter Hall School
Address Airfield Road, Bury St. Edmunds, IP32 7PJ
Pupils 35 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating Not rated ofsted rating
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Notton House Academy
Address 28 Notton, Lacock, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2NF
Pupils 49 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-2.10 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Stephenson Academy
Address Crosslands, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK14 6AX
Pupils 92 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 December 2018
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.37 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The Observatory School
Address Bidston Village Road, Bidston, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 7QT
Pupils 116 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 March 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-2.63 Below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.93 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Brownhill School
Address Heights Lane, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 0PZ
Pupils 92 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-5.47 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-2.71 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Elements Academy
Address Doe Quarry Lane, Dinnington, Sheffield, S25 2NF
Pupils 131 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating Not rated ofsted rating
Key stage 2 progress
-6.47 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.83 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Bridgeview Special School
Address Pickering Road, Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD
Pupils 62 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 01 March 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-8.10 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Tregonwell Academy
Address Petersfield Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 6QP
Pupils 137 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-8.43 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.89 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Kingfisher School
Address Clifton Close, Matchborough, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 0HF
Pupils 135 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 February 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-10.77 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-2.04 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)
Address Beauchamp Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 9JU
Pupils 94 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 19 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-10.80 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.48 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Kingsmead School
Address Brighton Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 8TE
Pupils 115 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 30 September 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.97 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Hope High School
Address Carfield, Clay Brow, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 9DP
Pupils 84 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 December 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.63 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Hamilton School
Address 135 Bulmershe Road, Reading, RG1 5SG
Pupils 51 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating Not rated ofsted rating
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.77 Well below average Progress 8 score
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