Larches High School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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
Larches High School (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	128	100%	75.5%
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	91	98.6%	64.4%
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 8HE	Pupil Referral Unit	69	96.8%	80.6%
Pavilion Study Centre London, N20 9DX	Pupil Referral Unit	138	100%	66.7%
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	145	100%	82.3%
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	97	98.7%	83.3%
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	75	100%	55.4%
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	81	100%	62%
Golden Hill Pupil Referral Unit Leyland, PR25 1QS	Pupil Referral Unit	50	79.1%	65.1%
Dorchester Learning Centre Dorchester, DT2 9PS	Pupil Referral Unit	88	96.3%	70.4%
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	98	94.3%	62.3%
Leicester Partnership School Leicester, LE2 3PR	Pupil Referral Unit	102	94.4%	74.1%
Launchpad Centre St Helens, WA10 1UH	Pupil Referral Unit	103	100%	74.2%
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	141	72.2%	59.1%
The New Broadwalk PRU Swinton, M27 8QL	Pupil Referral Unit	44	97.2%	83.3%
Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service Rochdale, OL16 2XW	Pupil Referral Unit	173	92.7%	69.9%
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%
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	219	100%	65.9%
New Regent's College London, N1 7RD	Pupil Referral Unit	105	100%	77.2%
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	114	100%	72.1%
The Clifton Centre Manchester, M27 8GW	Pupil Referral Unit	99	97.9%	68.8%
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	110	83.2%	75.7%
Manchester Secondary PRU Chorlton, M21 7JJ	Pupil Referral Unit	214	100%	82.9%
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%
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	73	97.6%	66.7%
Central Hub Brighton Brighton, BN1 7FP	Pupil Referral Unit	115	100%	81.6%

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
Larches High School (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	128	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
The Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	37
Moorbridge Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 0HJ	Pupil Referral Unit	315
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	75
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	81
The Woodlands Ferryhill, DL17 8AN	Pupil Referral Unit	499
Stepping Stones School Lancaster, LA1 4HT	Pupil Referral Unit	28
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	195
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
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	98
West Sussex Alternative Provision College Burgess Hill, RH15 8RE	Pupil Referral Unit	380
The Woodbridge Park Education Service Isleworth, TW7 5ED	Pupil Referral Unit	186
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	141
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	47
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	99
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Manchester, M20 3FB	Pupil Referral Unit	125
Oswaldtwistle School Accrington, BB5 3DA	Pupil Referral Unit	100
The Bridge School Runcorn, WA7 1PW	Pupil Referral Unit	84
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	219
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	114
The Altus School Gloucester, GL4 0RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	218
The Rosewood School West Malling, ME19 5FF	Pupil Referral Unit	98
Rivers Education Support Centre Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA	Pupil Referral Unit	41
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	73