The Helix Education Centre

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
The Helix Education Centre (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	72	97.8%	45.7%
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	91	98.6%	64.4%
Pavilion Study Centre London, N20 9DX	Pupil Referral Unit	138	100%	66.7%
Foundry College Wokingham, RG40 1PX	Pupil Referral Unit	49	91.7%	50%
Orchardside School Enfield, EN1 4RL	Pupil Referral Unit	68	61.5%	53.8%
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	110	100%	41.7%
Wandsworth Hospital and Home Tuition Service London, SW17 0YG	Pupil Referral Unit	48	66.7%	33.3%
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	75	100%	55.4%
South Cumbria Pupil Referral Service Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9HU	Pupil Referral Unit	33	93.6%	54.8%
North Herts Education Support Centre Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY	Pupil Referral Unit	52	100%	50%
Chessbrook Education Support Centre Watford, WD18 6LJ	Pupil Referral Unit	29	100%	42.9%
Stevenage Education Support Centre Stevenage, SG2 9HQ	Pupil Referral Unit	120	100%	50%
Perryfields Primary Pupil Referral Unit Worcester, WR2 5AX	Pupil Referral Unit	22	100%	45.5%
Dacorum Education Support Centre Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS	Pupil Referral Unit	52	81.8%	45.5%
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	69	97%	57.6%
Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 6BX	Pupil Referral Unit	53	100%	54.2%
Ealing Alternative Provision London, W13 0LR	Pupil Referral Unit	74	100%	55.4%
Kettlebrook Short Stay School Tamworth, B77 1AL	Pupil Referral Unit	44	100%	45.5%
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	47	97.3%	59.5%
Northgate School Edgware, HA8 0AD	Pupil Referral Unit	22	87.5%	37.5%
The Key Education Centre Gosport, PO13 0SG	Pupil Referral Unit	122	100%	41%
Redbridge Alternative Provision Ilford, IG6 1PU	Pupil Referral Unit	24	100%	46.7%
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	65	91.3%	58.7%
Christchurch Learning Centre Christchurch, BH23 1PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	40	100%	50%
Avenue Centre for Education Luton, LU1 3NJ	Pupil Referral Unit	86	90.2%	37.3%
Tor School Glastonbury, BA6 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	49	100%	56.7%
New Directions London, E16 2LS	Pupil Referral Unit	34	100%	42.9%
Inspired Pathways Coventry, CV6 2HD	Pupil Referral Unit	58	100%	50%
Hambleton/Richmondshire Pupil Referral Service Northallerton, DL6 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	29	87%	47.8%
Pinderfields Hospital PRU Wakefield, WF2 0LW	Pupil Referral Unit	116	100%	45.2%

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
The Helix Education Centre (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	72	Sign in to see
Heath School London, NW3 2NY	Pupil Referral Unit	61
Foundry College Wokingham, RG40 1PX	Pupil Referral Unit	49
Malden Oaks School and Tuition Service Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5QY	Pupil Referral Unit	272
The Constance Bridgeman Centre Ilford, IG1 2UT	Pupil Referral Unit	23
Triple Crown Centre Solihull, B91 2HW	Pupil Referral Unit	23
Pace St Helens, WA9 2LH	Pupil Referral Unit	19
Jigsaw Primary Pupil Referral Unit Liverpool, L23 1TY	Pupil Referral Unit	18
Smannell Field School Andover, SP11 6JP	Pupil Referral Unit	29
The Bridge Education Centre Eastleigh, SO50 9DB	Pupil Referral Unit	99
The Linden Centre Telford, TF3 5BT	Pupil Referral Unit	67
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	99
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	69
Launchpad Centre St Helens, WA10 1UH	Pupil Referral Unit	103
Victoria Drive Primary Pupil Referral Unit London, SW19 6HR	Pupil Referral Unit	50
The New Broadwalk PRU Swinton, M27 8QL	Pupil Referral Unit	44
Mayesbrook Park School Dagenham, RM9 6TJ	Pupil Referral Unit	167
The Surrey Teaching Centre Tadworth, KT20 5RU	Pupil Referral Unit	17
Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 9JA	Pupil Referral Unit	25
Redbridge Alternative Provision Ilford, IG6 1PU	Pupil Referral Unit	24
Ashley College Wembley, HA9 8NP	Pupil Referral Unit	36
Sutton Tuition and Reintegration Service Carshalton, SM5 4NR	Pupil Referral Unit	57
Maple Medical PRU Doncaster, DN4 9HT	Pupil Referral Unit	45
Craven Pupil Referral Service Skipton, BD23 2QS	Pupil Referral Unit	20
The Buckinghamshire Primary Pupil Referral Unit Aylesbury, HP19 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	50
Burnside Secondary PRU London, E4 8YJ	Pupil Referral Unit	33
The Rubicon Centre Selby, YO8 4AN	Pupil Referral Unit	25
Rotherham Aspire Rotherham, S62 5AF	Pupil Referral Unit	118
Kite Ridge School High Wycombe, HP12 3NE	Pupil Referral Unit	10
The Bridge Short Stay School Ellesmere Port, CH65 7EP	Pupil Referral Unit	59