City of Birmingham 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
City of Birmingham School (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	461	70.8%	72.2%
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit London, SE9 6HR	Pupil Referral Unit	211	99.5%	43.5%
London East Alternative Provision London, E1 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	189	53.5%	49.5%
Pavilion Study Centre London, N20 9DX	Pupil Referral Unit	138	100%	66.7%
Malden Oaks School and Tuition Service Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5QY	Pupil Referral Unit	272	100%	34.9%
Albright Education Centre Tipton, DY4 7NR	Pupil Referral Unit	152	95%	45%
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	145	100%	82.3%
Moorbridge Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 0HJ	Pupil Referral Unit	315	99.4%	76.8%
The Woodlands Ferryhill, DL17 8AN	Pupil Referral Unit	499	30.9%	80.6%
Larches High School Preston, PR1 6AA	Pupil Referral Unit	128	100%	75.5%
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	195	95.2%	60.5%
EOTAS Swindon Swindon, SN2 1HL	Pupil Referral Unit	152	100%	54.8%
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	99	70%	61.7%
West Sussex Alternative Provision College Burgess Hill, RH15 8RE	Pupil Referral Unit	380	100%	62.9%
The Woodbridge Park Education Service Isleworth, TW7 5ED	Pupil Referral Unit	186	100%	65.4%
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	141	72.2%	59.1%
Mayesbrook Park School Dagenham, RM9 6TJ	Pupil Referral Unit	167	39.3%	52.4%
Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service Rochdale, OL16 2XW	Pupil Referral Unit	173	92.7%	69.9%
Bristol Hospital Education Service Bristol, BS6 5JL	Pupil Referral Unit	277	68.9%	33.3%
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	124	46.8%	68.1%
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Manchester, M20 3FB	Pupil Referral Unit	125	100%	87%
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	123	51.9%	61.3%
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	106	67.5%	55%
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	219	100%	65.9%
The Altus School Gloucester, GL4 0RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	218	73.8%	49.4%
The Link School Sunderland, SR3 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	181	81.7%	72%
Children's Support Service Wickford, SS11 7JZ	Pupil Referral Unit	164	100%	46.1%
Manchester Secondary PRU Chorlton, M21 7JJ	Pupil Referral Unit	214	100%	82.9%
Oakfield School Shepshed, LE12 9DB	Pupil Referral Unit	187	62%	56%
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211	77.3%	80.6%

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
City of Birmingham School (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	461	Sign in to see
Camden Primary Pupil Referral Unit London, NW1 3EX	Pupil Referral Unit	20
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit London, SE9 6HR	Pupil Referral Unit	211
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	91
London East Alternative Provision London, E1 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	189
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	110
Albright Education Centre Tipton, DY4 7NR	Pupil Referral Unit	152
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	145
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	97
The Woodlands Ferryhill, DL17 8AN	Pupil Referral Unit	499
Stepping Stones School Lancaster, LA1 4HT	Pupil Referral Unit	28
Larches High School Preston, PR1 6AA	Pupil Referral Unit	128
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	195
EOTAS Swindon Swindon, SN2 1HL	Pupil Referral Unit	152
Abbey Manor College London, SE12 8JP	Pupil Referral Unit	116
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit Redditch, B98 7UZ	Pupil Referral Unit	10
West Sussex Alternative Provision College Burgess Hill, RH15 8RE	Pupil Referral Unit	380
Ealing Alternative Provision London, W13 0LR	Pupil Referral Unit	74
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	99
Bristol Hospital Education Service Bristol, BS6 5JL	Pupil Referral Unit	277
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Manchester, M20 3FB	Pupil Referral Unit	125
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	106
Avenue Centre for Education Luton, LU1 3NJ	Pupil Referral Unit	86
New Regent's College London, N1 7RD	Pupil Referral Unit	105
Sycamore Short Stay School Dudley, DY1 3QE	Pupil Referral Unit	31
The Altus School Gloucester, GL4 0RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	218
The Link School Sunderland, SR3 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	181
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	23
Manchester Secondary PRU Chorlton, M21 7JJ	Pupil Referral Unit	214
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211