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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 11.3% 0% - 23.56%
Speech, language and communications needs 63.48% 35.78% - 91.18%
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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
Heart of the Forest Community Special School
Speech House, Coleford, Gloucestershire, GL16 7EJ
128 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 24 May 2023
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Woodlawn School
Drumoyne Gardens, West Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, NE25 9DL
155 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 October 2018
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Priory School
Mount Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7BH
215 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 16 October 2018
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.56
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The Orchards
Audley Avenue, Stretford, Greater Manchester, M32 9TG
125 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 July 2019
-1.60
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Abbey Hill School and College
Box Lane, Meir, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 5PP
355 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 May 2018
-4.77
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.57
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Ash Trees Academy
Bowes Road, Billingham, TS23 2BU
171 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2022
-5.57
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
West Lea School
Haselbury Road, Edmonton, London, N9 9TU
444 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2023
-6.07
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.82
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy index school
Middlefield Lane, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 1PU
115 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 November 2021
-6.87
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
The Brier School
Bromley Lane, Kingswinford, West Midlands, DY6 8QN
174 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 15 February 2023
-6.97
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.47
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Woodsetton School
Tipton Road, Woodsetton, Dudley, West Midlands, DY3 1BY
104 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 October 2023
-7.27
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Courtlands School
Widey Lane, Crownhill, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5JS
100 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 December 2019
-7.87
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Rigby Hall Day Special School
Rigby Lane, Aston Fields, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 2EP
203 pupils Special phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 15 February 2023
-8.70
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.80
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Crosby High School
De Villiers Avenue, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 2TH
167 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 September 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Maplewell Hall School
Maplewell Road, Woodhouse Eaves, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 8QY
294 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 15 February 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.30
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The St Marylebone Church of England Bridge School
Herries Street, London, W10 4LE
62 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 September 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-2.65
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Heart of the Forest Community Special School
Address Speech House, Coleford, Gloucestershire, GL16 7EJ
Pupils 128 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 24 May 2023
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Woodlawn School
Address Drumoyne Gardens, West Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, NE25 9DL
Pupils 155 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 October 2018
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Priory School
Address Mount Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7BH
Pupils 215 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 16 October 2018
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.56 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The Orchards
Address Audley Avenue, Stretford, Greater Manchester, M32 9TG
Pupils 125 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 July 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-1.60 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Abbey Hill School and College
Address Box Lane, Meir, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 5PP
Pupils 355 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 May 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-4.77 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.57 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Ash Trees Academy
Address Bowes Road, Billingham, TS23 2BU
Pupils 171 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-5.57 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name West Lea School
Address Haselbury Road, Edmonton, London, N9 9TU
Pupils 444 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-6.07 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.82 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy index school
Address Middlefield Lane, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 1PU
Pupils 115 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
-6.87 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name The Brier School
Address Bromley Lane, Kingswinford, West Midlands, DY6 8QN
Pupils 174 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 15 February 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-6.97 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.47 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Woodsetton School
Address Tipton Road, Woodsetton, Dudley, West Midlands, DY3 1BY
Pupils 104 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-7.27 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Courtlands School
Address Widey Lane, Crownhill, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5JS
Pupils 100 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 December 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-7.87 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Rigby Hall Day Special School
Address Rigby Lane, Aston Fields, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 2EP
Pupils 203 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 15 February 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-8.70 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.80 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Crosby High School
Address De Villiers Avenue, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 2TH
Pupils 167 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 September 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Maplewell Hall School
Address Maplewell Road, Woodhouse Eaves, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 8QY
Pupils 294 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 15 February 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.30 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The St Marylebone Church of England Bridge School
Address Herries Street, London, W10 4LE
Pupils 62 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 September 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-2.65 Well below average Progress 8 score
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