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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 53.45% 44.77% - 57.71%
Severe learning difficulty 40.8% 30.8% - 50.8%
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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

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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
Merefield School
Westminster Drive, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 2QZ
104 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 05 June 2019
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Calthorpe Academy
Darwin Street, Highgate, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 0TP
428 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 October 2023
-3.63
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.47
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Fox Wood Special School
Holes Lane, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4LS
124 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 October 2021
-3.77
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Exeter House Special School
Somerset Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3BL
164 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 June 2023
-4.97
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Shenstone School index school
94 Old Road, Crayford, Kent, DA1 4DZ
174 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 October 2019
-5.00
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Mayfield School
Wheeler Street, Lozells, Birmingham, West Midlands, B19 2EP
306 pupils Special phase Not rated ofsted rating
-5.47
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Durham Trinity School & Sports College
Dunholme Close, Aykley Heads, Durham, DH1 5WB
227 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 February 2020
-5.87
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Heltwate School
Heltwate, North Bretton, Heltwate School, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE3 8RL
207 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 November 2018
-5.93
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Woodlands School
Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 9HF
110 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 October 2018
-6.30
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Greenside School
Shephall Green, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 9XS
172 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 30 January 2020
-6.30
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Lindon Bennett School
Main Street, Hanworth, Feltham, Middlesex, TW13 6ST
175 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 June 2023
-6.37
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Beacon Hill School
Rising Sun Cottages, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, NE28 9JW
228 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2023
-9.60
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Mill Water School
Bicton, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 7BJ
120 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 March 2023
-12.00
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
The Oaks Secondary School
Rock Road, Spennymoor, DL16 7DB
348 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.64
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Priory School
Hermitage Road, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 3QN
139 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 March 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Merefield School
Address Westminster Drive, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 2QZ
Pupils 104 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 05 June 2019
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Calthorpe Academy
Address Darwin Street, Highgate, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 0TP
Pupils 428 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-3.63 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.47 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Fox Wood Special School
Address Holes Lane, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4LS
Pupils 124 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 October 2021
Key stage 2 progress
-3.77 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Exeter House Special School
Address Somerset Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3BL
Pupils 164 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-4.97 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Shenstone School index school
Address 94 Old Road, Crayford, Kent, DA1 4DZ
Pupils 174 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 October 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-5.00 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Mayfield School
Address Wheeler Street, Lozells, Birmingham, West Midlands, B19 2EP
Pupils 306 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating Not rated ofsted rating
Key stage 2 progress
-5.47 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Durham Trinity School & Sports College
Address Dunholme Close, Aykley Heads, Durham, DH1 5WB
Pupils 227 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 February 2020
Key stage 2 progress
-5.87 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Heltwate School
Address Heltwate, North Bretton, Heltwate School, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE3 8RL
Pupils 207 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 November 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-5.93 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Woodlands School
Address Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 9HF
Pupils 110 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 October 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-6.30 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Greenside School
Address Shephall Green, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 9XS
Pupils 172 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 30 January 2020
Key stage 2 progress
-6.30 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Lindon Bennett School
Address Main Street, Hanworth, Feltham, Middlesex, TW13 6ST
Pupils 175 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-6.37 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Beacon Hill School
Address Rising Sun Cottages, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, NE28 9JW
Pupils 228 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-9.60 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Mill Water School
Address Bicton, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 7BJ
Pupils 120 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-12.00 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name The Oaks Secondary School
Address Rock Road, Spennymoor, DL16 7DB
Pupils 348 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.64 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Priory School
Address Hermitage Road, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 3QN
Pupils 139 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
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