Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre

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.

Choose your own set of schools

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
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre
(Your chosen school)
Pupil Referral Unit 97 98.7% 83.3%
Heath School
London, NW3 2NY
Pupil Referral Unit 61 87.9% 81.8%
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit
London, SW17 8HE
Pupil Referral Unit 69 96.8% 80.6%
Meadow Park School
Knowsley, L28 1RX
Pupil Referral Unit 145 100% 82.3%
Larches High School
Preston, PR1 6AA
Pupil Referral Unit 128 100% 75.5%
The Linden Centre
Telford, TF3 5BT
Pupil Referral Unit 67 100% 68.6%
Dorchester Learning Centre
Dorchester, DT2 9PS
Pupil Referral Unit 88 96.3% 70.4%
The Horizon School, Hartlepool
Hartlepool, TS25 4BY
Pupil Referral Unit 109 50.6% 84.6%
Leicester Partnership School
Leicester, LE2 3PR
Pupil Referral Unit 102 94.4% 74.1%
Rise Carr College
Darlington, DL3 0NS
Pupil Referral Unit 87 100% 62.7%
Launchpad Centre
St Helens, WA10 1UH
Pupil Referral Unit 103 100% 74.2%
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit
Cramlington, NE23 7EB
Pupil Referral Unit 64 94.7% 68.4%
The New Broadwalk PRU
Swinton, M27 8QL
Pupil Referral Unit 44 97.2% 83.3%
Elmbrook School
Leicester, LE5 1DT
Pupil Referral Unit 33 100% 77.4%
Compass School
Southampton, SO16 9FQ
Pupil Referral Unit 99 100% 67.5%
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit
Manchester, M20 3FB
Pupil Referral Unit 125 100% 87%
Oswaldtwistle School
Accrington, BB5 3DA
Pupil Referral Unit 100 100% 70.8%
The Bridge School
Runcorn, WA7 1PW
Pupil Referral Unit 84 100% 82.4%
New Regent's College
London, N1 7RD
Pupil Referral Unit 105 100% 77.2%
Taunton Deane Partnership College
Taunton, TA1 2JD
Pupil Referral Unit 59 97.7% 69.8%
Kingsland School
Oldham, OL1 4HX
Pupil Referral Unit 114 100% 72.1%
Sycamore Short Stay School
Dudley, DY1 3QE
Pupil Referral Unit 31 100% 87.5%
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils)
London, SE15 6LF
Pupil Referral Unit 60 95% 77.5%
The Clifton Centre
Manchester, M27 8GW
Pupil Referral Unit 99 97.9% 68.8%
The Link School
Sunderland, SR3 4EE
Pupil Referral Unit 181 81.7% 72%
New Heights High School
Liverpool, L9 7HA
Pupil Referral Unit 110 83.2% 75.7%
Rivers Education Support Centre
Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA
Pupil Referral Unit 41 100% 73.3%
Rotherham Aspire
Rotherham, S62 5AF
Pupil Referral Unit 118 100% 77.1%
The Bridge Short Stay School
Ellesmere Port, CH65 7EP
Pupil Referral Unit 59 100% 72.9%
Central Hub Brighton
Brighton, BN1 7FP
Pupil Referral Unit 115 100% 81.6%