City of Birmingham 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
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%