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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 32.58% 22.58% - 42.58%
Severe learning difficulty 40.45% 34.86% - 45.54%
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 10.11% 5.11% - 15.11%
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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
Merstone School
Windward Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0UE
148 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 27 September 2023
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Fordwater School, Chichester
Summersdale Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6PP
152 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 July 2023
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Spring Common Academy
American Lane, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 1TQ
207 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 27 November 2018
-2.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
New Siblands School
Easton Hill Road, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 2JU
126 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2022
-2.17
Below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Pens Meadow School
Ridge Hill Site, Buckpool Way, Brierley Hill Road, Wordsley, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 5ST
109 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 November 2019
-4.47
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
The Bridge School
Coppice View Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B73 6UE
89 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 January 2020
-5.50
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
The Milestone School
Longford Lane, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 9EU
329 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
-5.83
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
Wood Bank School
Dene View, Luddenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX2 6PB
112 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 24 October 2018
-6.77
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Mayfield School
Gloucester Road, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 3HN
120 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2022
-6.83
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Granta School
Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4NN
179 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 November 2022
-7.17
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Downs View Special School
Warren Road, Woodingdean, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 6BB
203 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 February 2020
-12.30
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Wren Spinney Community School
Westover Road, Off Westhill Drive, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 7LB
87 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 23 February 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Talbot Specialist School
Lees Hall Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S8 9JP
217 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Ravenscliffe High School
Skircoat Green, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 0RZ
244 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 19 October 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Merstone School
Address Windward Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0UE
Pupils 148 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 27 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Fordwater School, Chichester
Address Summersdale Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6PP
Pupils 152 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 July 2023
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Spring Common Academy
Address American Lane, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 1TQ
Pupils 207 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 27 November 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-2.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name New Siblands School
Address Easton Hill Road, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 2JU
Pupils 126 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-2.17 Below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Pens Meadow School
Address Ridge Hill Site, Buckpool Way, Brierley Hill Road, Wordsley, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 5ST
Pupils 109 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 November 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-4.47 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name The Bridge School
Address Coppice View Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B73 6UE
Pupils 89 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 January 2020
Key stage 2 progress
-5.50 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name The Milestone School
Address Longford Lane, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 9EU
Pupils 329 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-5.83 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 Wood Bank School
Address Dene View, Luddenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX2 6PB
Pupils 112 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 24 October 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-6.77 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Mayfield School
Address Gloucester Road, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 3HN
Pupils 120 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-6.83 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Granta School
Address Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4NN
Pupils 179 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-7.17 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Downs View Special School
Address Warren Road, Woodingdean, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 6BB
Pupils 203 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 February 2020
Key stage 2 progress
-12.30 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Wren Spinney Community School
Address Westover Road, Off Westhill Drive, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 7LB
Pupils 87 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 23 February 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Talbot Specialist School
Address Lees Hall Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S8 9JP
Pupils 217 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Ravenscliffe High School
Address Skircoat Green, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 0RZ
Pupils 244 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 19 October 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
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