Orchardside School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.

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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%