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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 45.51% 41.53% - 48.68%
Severe learning difficulty 29.34% 19.34% - 39.34%
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 13.77% 8.77% - 18.77%
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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

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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
Selworthy Special School
Selworthy Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8HD
198 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 21 June 2023
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
NCEA Castle School
Academy Road, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9FZ
118 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 November 2022
-4.00
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Alfreton Park Community Special School
Alfreton Park, Wingfield Road, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 7AL
123 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 May 2022
-4.97
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Kelford School
Oakdale Road, Kimberworth, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 2NU
135 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 March 2019
-5.07
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
Newfield School
Old Bank Lane, Off Shadsworth Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 2PW
207 pupils Special phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 18 November 2021
-6.33
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Fairfields School
Trinity Avenue, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN2 6JN
123 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 26 June 2018
-6.53
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
James Rennie School index school
California Road, Kingstown, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 0BU
167 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 January 2023
-6.83
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
St Giles School
Babworth Road, Retford, Nottinghamshire, DN22 7NJ
159 pupils Special phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 January 2020
-6.93
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
Piper Hill High School
Firbank Road, Newall Green, Manchester, M23 2YS
260 pupils Special phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 27 September 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
St Andrew's Academy
St Andrew's View, Breadsall Hilltop, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 4EW
145 pupils Special phase Not rated ofsted rating
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 Selworthy Special School
Address Selworthy Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8HD
Pupils 198 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 21 June 2023
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 NCEA Castle School
Address Academy Road, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9FZ
Pupils 118 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-4.00 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Alfreton Park Community Special School
Address Alfreton Park, Wingfield Road, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 7AL
Pupils 123 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-4.97 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Kelford School
Address Oakdale Road, Kimberworth, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 2NU
Pupils 135 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 March 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-5.07 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 Newfield School
Address Old Bank Lane, Off Shadsworth Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 2PW
Pupils 207 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 18 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
-6.33 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Fairfields School
Address Trinity Avenue, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN2 6JN
Pupils 123 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 26 June 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-6.53 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name James Rennie School index school
Address California Road, Kingstown, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 0BU
Pupils 167 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 January 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-6.83 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name St Giles School
Address Babworth Road, Retford, Nottinghamshire, DN22 7NJ
Pupils 159 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 January 2020
Key stage 2 progress
-6.93 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 Piper Hill High School
Address Firbank Road, Newall Green, Manchester, M23 2YS
Pupils 260 pupils
Phase of education Special phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 27 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name St Andrew's Academy
Address St Andrew's View, Breadsall Hilltop, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 4EW
Pupils 145 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
N/A Progress 8 score
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