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	491	100%	65.4%
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit London, SE9 6HR	Pupil Referral Unit	199	99%	40.8%
London East Alternative Provision London, E1 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	215	57.6%	52.8%
Pavilion Study Centre London, N20 9DX	Pupil Referral Unit	129	100%	62.5%
Malden Oaks School and Tuition Service Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5QY	Pupil Referral Unit	255	62.1%	38.8%
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	152	100%	84.3%
Moorbridge Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 0HJ	Pupil Referral Unit	378	99.4%	67.7%
The Woodlands Ferryhill, DL17 8AN	Pupil Referral Unit	433	13.6%	76.8%
Larches High School Preston, PR1 6AA	Pupil Referral Unit	131	100%	72.4%
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	199	98.9%	58.1%
EOTAS Swindon Swindon, SN2 1HL	Pupil Referral Unit	143	100%	62.1%
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	83	79.7%	64.4%
West Sussex Alternative Provision College Burgess Hill, RH15 8RE	Pupil Referral Unit	363	100%	62.3%
The Woodbridge Park Education Service Isleworth, TW7 5ED	Pupil Referral Unit	206	99.2%	63.8%
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	91	97.8%	52.8%
Pathways Learning Centre Bristol, BS16 2RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	142	100%	54.2%
Educational Diversity Blackpool, FY3 9JW	Pupil Referral Unit	165	98.5%	71.5%
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	137	82.1%	66%
Mayesbrook Park School Dagenham, RM9 6TJ	Pupil Referral Unit	180	43.2%	36.5%
Bristol Hospital Education Service Bristol, BS6 5JL	Pupil Referral Unit	310	40.3%	40.3%
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	118	55.2%	53.7%
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	192	100%	63.4%
New Regent's College London, N1 7RD	Pupil Referral Unit	129	95.2%	62.7%
The Altus School Gloucester, GL4 0RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	242	56.6%	44.6%
The Link School Sunderland, SR3 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	184	80.6%	70.8%
Children's Support Service Wickford, SS11 7JZ	Pupil Referral Unit	189	97.8%	40.7%
Bridge Street School Derby, DE1 3LB	Pupil Referral Unit	228	98.2%	56.4%
Manchester Secondary PRU Chorlton, M21 7JJ	Pupil Referral Unit	233	100%	80.1%
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211	80%	83.3%
Rotherham Aspire Rotherham, S62 5AF	Pupil Referral Unit	135	100%	78.6%

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	491	Sign in to see
Camden Primary Pupil Referral Unit London, NW1 3EX	Pupil Referral Unit	19
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit London, SE9 6HR	Pupil Referral Unit	199
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	121
London East Alternative Provision London, E1 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	215
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	116
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	152
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	104
The Woodlands Ferryhill, DL17 8AN	Pupil Referral Unit	433
Stepping Stones School Lancaster, LA1 4HT	Pupil Referral Unit	34
Larches High School Preston, PR1 6AA	Pupil Referral Unit	131
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	199
EOTAS Swindon Swindon, SN2 1HL	Pupil Referral Unit	143
Abbey Manor College London, SE12 8JP	Pupil Referral Unit	132
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit Redditch, B98 7UZ	Pupil Referral Unit	9
West Sussex Alternative Provision College Burgess Hill, RH15 8RE	Pupil Referral Unit	363
Ealing Alternative Provision London, W13 0LR	Pupil Referral Unit	102
Educational Diversity Blackpool, FY3 9JW	Pupil Referral Unit	165
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	137
Castle School Derby, DE22 1GE	Pupil Referral Unit	42
Elmbrook School Leicester, LE5 1DT	Pupil Referral Unit	21
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	92
Bristol Hospital Education Service Bristol, BS6 5JL	Pupil Referral Unit	310
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Manchester, M20 3FB	Pupil Referral Unit	124
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	118
Sycamore Short Stay School Dudley, DY1 3QE	Pupil Referral Unit	28
The Link School Sunderland, SR3 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	184
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	34
Manchester Secondary PRU Chorlton, M21 7JJ	Pupil Referral Unit	233
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211