The Woodlands

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
The Woodlands (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	433	13.6%	76.8%
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%
Malden Oaks School and Tuition Service Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5QY	Pupil Referral Unit	255	62.1%	38.8%
City of Birmingham School Birmingham, B11 4LX	Pupil Referral Unit	491	100%	65.4%
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%
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	104	94.3%	74.3%
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%
Abbey Manor College London, SE12 8JP	Pupil Referral Unit	132	39.8%	57.4%
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%
The Horizon School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, TS25 4BY	Pupil Referral Unit	79	43.1%	89.2%
Leicester Partnership School Leicester, LE2 3PR	Pupil Referral Unit	109	32.7%	79.6%
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%
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	138	47.6%	62.1%
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%
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%
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	103	65.3%	77.9%
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
The Woodlands (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	433	Sign in to see
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit London, SE9 6HR	Pupil Referral Unit	199
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	116
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	152
Moorbridge Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 0HJ	Pupil Referral Unit	378
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	68
Rowhill School Aldershot, GU11 3JG	Pupil Referral Unit	50
Larches High School Preston, PR1 6AA	Pupil Referral Unit	131
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
The Horizon School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, TS25 4BY	Pupil Referral Unit	79
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	86
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
Avenue Centre for Education Luton, LU1 3NJ	Pupil Referral Unit	95
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	192
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	126
New Directions London, E16 2LS	Pupil Referral Unit	32
The Altus School Gloucester, GL4 0RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	242
The Rosewood School West Malling, ME19 5FF	Pupil Referral Unit	115
The Link School Sunderland, SR3 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	184
Rivers Education Support Centre Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA	Pupil Referral Unit	49
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211
Central Hub Brighton Brighton, BN1 7FP	Pupil Referral Unit	106