Orchardside School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.

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Running cost categories

We've chosen 30 similar schools to benchmark this school against running cost categories, which includes all staffing (excluding premises staff), ICT, consultancy and catering.

How we chose these schools

We chose these schools based on:

• school phase or type
• region
• number of pupils
• pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM)
• pupils with special educational needs (SEN), or proportion of various SEN provisions for special schools

SEN characteristics will be taken into account when comparators are chosen, these include:

• communication and interaction
• cognition and learning
• social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH)
• sensory and/or physical needs

Schools we've chosen

School	Type	Number of pupils	Pupils with special educational needs	Pupils eligible for free school meals
Orchardside School (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	67	90.2%	56.9%
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	121	100%	64.3%
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 0EA	Pupil Referral Unit	84	98.7%	67.1%
Pavilion Study Centre London, N20 9DX	Pupil Referral Unit	129	100%	62.5%
Foundry College Wokingham, RG40 1PX	Pupil Referral Unit	55	100%	50%
The Helix Education Centre Harrow, HA3 6DH	Pupil Referral Unit	68	97.2%	44.4%
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	116	100%	66.7%
Wandsworth Hospital and Home Tuition Service London, SW17 0YG	Pupil Referral Unit	40	85.7%	57.1%
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	76	100%	58.8%
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	68	100%	65.2%
The Bridge Education Centre Eastleigh, SO50 9DB	Pupil Referral Unit	93	100%	55.6%
Golden Hill Pupil Referral Unit Leyland, PR25 1QS	Pupil Referral Unit	50	95.1%	63.4%
The Linden Centre Telford, TF4 3DU	Pupil Referral Unit	54	100%	65.7%
Dorchester Learning Centre Dorchester, DT2 9PS	Pupil Referral Unit	95	100%	64.2%
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	83	79.7%	64.4%
Dacorum Education Support Centre Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS	Pupil Referral Unit	47	83.3%	50%
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	91	97.8%	52.8%
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	86	100%	61.9%
Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 6BX	Pupil Referral Unit	55	100%	49.1%
Ealing Alternative Provision London, W13 0LR	Pupil Referral Unit	102	100%	56.3%
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	51	74.2%	54.8%
Kettlebrook Short Stay School Tamworth, B77 1AL	Pupil Referral Unit	58	100%	62.9%
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	53	95%	47.5%
Redbridge Alternative Provision Ilford, IG6 1PU	Pupil Referral Unit	32	66.7%	52.4%
New Regent's College London, N1 7RD	Pupil Referral Unit	129	95.2%	62.7%
South Somerset Partnership School Yeovil, BA21 4EN	Pupil Referral Unit	62	100%	61%
Taunton Deane Partnership College Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	59	100%	63.9%
Inspired Pathways Coventry, CV6 2HD	Pupil Referral Unit	53	100%	50%
Maple Medical PRU Doncaster, DN4 9HT	Pupil Referral Unit	47	95.8%	62.5%
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	84	100%	64.9%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 30 similar schools to benchmark this school against building cost categories, which includes utilities, cleaning and maintenance.

How we chose these schools

We chose these schools based on:

• school phase or type
• region
• gross internal floor area
• average age of buildings
• whether they are a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) school

Schools we've chosen

School	Type	Number of pupils	Gross internal floor area	Average age of buildings
Orchardside School (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	67	Sign in to see
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	121
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 0EA	Pupil Referral Unit	84
Pavilion Study Centre London, N20 9DX	Pupil Referral Unit	129
Malden Oaks School and Tuition Service Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5QY	Pupil Referral Unit	255
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	116
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	104
Greenwood School Southampton, SO45 5UQ	Pupil Referral Unit	53
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	199
Stevenage Education Support Centre Stevenage, SG2 9HQ	Pupil Referral Unit	52
Abbey Manor College London, SE12 8JP	Pupil Referral Unit	132
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit Redditch, B98 7UZ	Pupil Referral Unit	9
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	96
The Woodbridge Park Education Service Isleworth, TW7 5ED	Pupil Referral Unit	206
Haringey Learning Partnership London, N22 8DZ	Pupil Referral Unit	117
Mayesbrook Park School Dagenham, RM9 6TJ	Pupil Referral Unit	180
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	53
The Key Education Centre Gosport, PO13 0SG	Pupil Referral Unit	143
The St Aubyn Centre Education Department Colchester, CO4 5HG	Pupil Referral Unit	13
The Bridge School Runcorn, WA7 1PW	Pupil Referral Unit	95
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	118
Ealing Primary Centre London, UB6 8QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	16
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils) London, SE15 6LF	Pupil Referral Unit	55
Enterprise Learning Alliance Margate, CT9 4JA	Pupil Referral Unit	87
The Clifton Centre Manchester, M27 8GW	Pupil Referral Unit	104
Hawkswood Primary PRU London, E4 7RT	Pupil Referral Unit	16
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	103
Bridge Street School Derby, DE1 3LB	Pupil Referral Unit	228
Hawkswood (Therapeutic) Chingford, E4 7RT	Pupil Referral Unit	15
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	84