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 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%