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	499	30.9%	80.6%
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%
City of Birmingham School Birmingham, B11 4LX	Pupil Referral Unit	461	70.8%	72.2%
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%
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	97	98.7%	83.3%
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%
Abbey Manor College London, SE12 8JP	Pupil Referral Unit	116	46.9%	62.5%
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%
The Horizon School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, TS25 4BY	Pupil Referral Unit	109	50.6%	84.6%
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	87	100%	62.7%
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%
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	123	51.9%	61.3%
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%

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	499	Sign in to see
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit London, SE9 6HR	Pupil Referral Unit	211
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	110
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	145
Moorbridge Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 0HJ	Pupil Referral Unit	315
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	97
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	81
Larches High School Preston, PR1 6AA	Pupil Referral Unit	128
EOTAS Swindon Swindon, SN2 1HL	Pupil Referral Unit	152
Abbey Manor College London, SE12 8JP	Pupil Referral Unit	116
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit Redditch, B98 7UZ	Pupil Referral Unit	10
West Sussex Alternative Provision College Burgess Hill, RH15 8RE	Pupil Referral Unit	380
The Horizon School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, TS25 4BY	Pupil Referral Unit	109
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	87
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	141
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	64
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	99
Bristol Hospital Education Service Bristol, BS6 5JL	Pupil Referral Unit	277
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Manchester, M20 3FB	Pupil Referral Unit	125
Oswaldtwistle School Accrington, BB5 3DA	Pupil Referral Unit	100
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	219
South Somerset Partnership School Yeovil, BA21 4EN	Pupil Referral Unit	51
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	114
New Directions London, E16 2LS	Pupil Referral Unit	34
The Altus School Gloucester, GL4 0RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	218
The Rosewood School West Malling, ME19 5FF	Pupil Referral Unit	98
The Link School Sunderland, SR3 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	181
Rivers Education Support Centre Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA	Pupil Referral Unit	41
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211
Central Hub Brighton Brighton, BN1 7FP	Pupil Referral Unit	115