Danesgate Community

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 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
Danesgate Community
(Your chosen school)
Pupil Referral Unit 195 95.2% 60.5%
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit
London, SE9 6HR
Pupil Referral Unit 211 99.5% 43.5%
New River College Secondary
London, N7 8RH
Pupil Referral Unit 91 98.6% 64.4%
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%
Albright Education Centre
Tipton, DY4 7NR
Pupil Referral Unit 152 95% 45%
Meadow Park School
Knowsley, L28 1RX
Pupil Referral Unit 145 100% 82.3%
The Bridge Education Centre
Eastleigh, SO50 9DB
Pupil Referral Unit 99 100% 60%
Larches High School
Preston, PR1 6AA
Pupil Referral Unit 128 100% 75.5%
EOTAS Swindon
Swindon, SN2 1HL
Pupil Referral Unit 152 100% 54.8%
Stevenage Education Support Centre
Stevenage, SG2 9HQ
Pupil Referral Unit 120 100% 50%
iCollege Alternative Provision
Newbury, RG14 1QY
Pupil Referral Unit 87 93% 63.4%
Trafford Alternative Education Provision
Altrincham, WA14 1SR
Pupil Referral Unit 98 94.3% 62.3%
The Woodbridge Park Education Service
Isleworth, TW7 5ED
Pupil Referral Unit 186 100% 65.4%
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%
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%
Oswaldtwistle School
Accrington, BB5 3DA
Pupil Referral Unit 100 100% 70.8%
Highfields College
Stockport, SK5 8DR
Pupil Referral Unit 219 100% 65.9%
Kingsland School
Oldham, OL1 4HX
Pupil Referral Unit 114 100% 72.1%
The Altus School
Gloucester, GL4 0RQ
Pupil Referral Unit 218 73.8% 49.4%
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%
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%
Rotherham Aspire
Rotherham, S62 5AF
Pupil Referral Unit 118 100% 77.1%
Pinderfields Hospital PRU
Wakefield, WF2 0LW
Pupil Referral Unit 116 100% 45.2%