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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
Autistic spectrum disorder 12.62% 7.62% - 17.62%
Speech, language and communications needs 13.59% 3.59% - 23.59%
Social, emotional and mental health 61.17% 52.24% - 72.52%
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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
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
Knowle DGE Academy
Leinster Avenue, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 1NN
165 pupils Special phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 17 February 2022
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.53
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The Axis Academy
Lodgefields Drive, Crewe, CW2 8TU
61 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 March 2023
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-2.52
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
Walworth School
Bluebell Way, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 7LP
80 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 21 September 2023
-2.77
Below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Aspire Academy index school
Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath, BA2 5RF
103 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 March 2017
-4.17
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-2.23
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
The Holy Brook School
145 Ashampstead Road, Southcote, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 3LJ
35 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 March 2019
-8.07
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
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
Soundwell Academy
St Stephens Road, Kingswood, BS16 4RL
120 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 June 2023
-11.50
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
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
Newlands Academy
Stuart Road, Peckham Rye, London, SE15 3AZ
67 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 March 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.26
Average
Progress 8 score
Lotus School
Langdale Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 4RR
40 pupils Special phase 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 01 December 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
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 Knowle DGE Academy
Address Leinster Avenue, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 1NN
Pupils 165 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 17 February 2022
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.53 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The Axis Academy
Address Lodgefields Drive, Crewe, CW2 8TU
Pupils 61 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-2.52 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 Walworth School
Address Bluebell Way, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 7LP
Pupils 80 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 21 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-2.77 Below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Aspire Academy index school
Address Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath, BA2 5RF
Pupils 103 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 March 2017
Key stage 2 progress
-4.17 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-2.23 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 The Holy Brook School
Address 145 Ashampstead Road, Southcote, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 3LJ
Pupils 35 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 March 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-8.07 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A 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 Soundwell Academy
Address St Stephens Road, Kingswood, BS16 4RL
Pupils 120 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-11.50 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A 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 Newlands Academy
Address Stuart Road, Peckham Rye, London, SE15 3AZ
Pupils 67 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.26 Average Progress 8 score
School name Lotus School
Address Langdale Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 4RR
Pupils 40 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 01 December 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
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