West Cumbria Learning 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.

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We've chosen 28 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
West Cumbria Learning Centre
(Your chosen school) 		Pupil Referral Unit 68 100% 65.2%
New River College Secondary
London, N7 8RH 		Pupil Referral Unit 121 100% 64.3%
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit
London, SW17 0EA 		Pupil Referral Unit 84 98.7% 67.1%
Pace
St Helens, WA9 2LH 		Pupil Referral Unit 22 100% 68.8%
Jigsaw Primary Pupil Referral Unit
Liverpool, L23 1TY 		Pupil Referral Unit 14 100% 71.4%
The Levett School
Doncaster, DN5 7SB 		Pupil Referral Unit 48 100% 66.7%
Gillford Centre
Carlisle, CA2 4JE 		Pupil Referral Unit 76 100% 58.8%
Newbridge House PRU
Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9HU 		Pupil Referral Unit 48 100% 66.7%
Greenwood School
Southampton, SO45 5UQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 53 100% 69.6%
Golden Hill Pupil Referral Unit
Leyland, PR25 1QS 		Pupil Referral Unit 50 95.1% 63.4%
Larches High School
Preston, PR1 6AA 		Pupil Referral Unit 131 100% 72.4%
The Linden Centre
Telford, TF4 3DU 		Pupil Referral Unit 54 100% 65.7%
Rise Carr College
Darlington, DL3 0NS 		Pupil Referral Unit 86 100% 61.9%
Ealing Alternative Provision
London, W13 0LR 		Pupil Referral Unit 102 100% 56.3%
Launchpad Centre
St Helens, WA10 1UH 		Pupil Referral Unit 104 100% 68.1%
The New Broadwalk PRU
Swinton, M27 8QL 		Pupil Referral Unit 41 100% 80.6%
Chadwick High School
Lancaster, LA1 2AY 		Pupil Referral Unit 114 98.7% 70.9%
Kettlebrook Short Stay School
Tamworth, B77 1AL 		Pupil Referral Unit 58 100% 62.9%
Oswaldtwistle School
Accrington, BB5 3DA 		Pupil Referral Unit 101 100% 65.5%
The Bridge School
Runcorn, WA7 1PW 		Pupil Referral Unit 95 100% 72.1%
McKee College House
Poulton, FY6 7AQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 110 100% 56.9%
South Somerset Partnership School
Yeovil, BA21 4EN 		Pupil Referral Unit 62 100% 61%
Taunton Deane Partnership College
Taunton, TA1 2JD 		Pupil Referral Unit 59 100% 63.9%
Kingsland School
Oldham, OL1 4HX 		Pupil Referral Unit 126 100% 67.4%
Maple Medical PRU
Doncaster, DN4 9HT 		Pupil Referral Unit 47 95.8% 62.5%
The Clifton Centre
Manchester, M27 8GW 		Pupil Referral Unit 104 100% 69.9%
The Bridge Short Stay School
Ellesmere Port, CH65 7EP 		Pupil Referral Unit 60 100% 67.8%
Voyage Learning Campus
Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX 		Pupil Referral Unit 84 100% 64.9%