Dorchester Learning Centre

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
Dorchester Learning Centre (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	88	96.3%	70.4%
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%
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	81	100%	62%
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%
The Linden Centre Telford, TF3 5BT	Pupil Referral Unit	67	100%	68.6%
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%
Leicester Partnership School Leicester, LE2 3PR	Pupil Referral Unit	102	94.4%	74.1%
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	87	100%	62.7%
The Forum Centre Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX	Pupil Referral Unit	80	100%	63.2%
Launchpad Centre St Helens, WA10 1UH	Pupil Referral Unit	103	100%	74.2%
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	64	94.7%	68.4%
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	99	100%	67.5%
Oswaldtwistle School Accrington, BB5 3DA	Pupil Referral Unit	100	100%	70.8%
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	65	91.3%	58.7%
New Regent's College London, N1 7RD	Pupil Referral Unit	105	100%	77.2%
Tor School Glastonbury, BA6 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	49	100%	56.7%
South Somerset Partnership School Yeovil, BA21 4EN	Pupil Referral Unit	51	100%	62.9%
Taunton Deane Partnership College Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	59	97.7%	69.8%
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	114	100%	72.1%
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils) London, SE15 6LF	Pupil Referral Unit	60	95%	77.5%
Maple Medical PRU Doncaster, DN4 9HT	Pupil Referral Unit	45	100%	66.7%
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%
The Buckinghamshire Primary Pupil Referral Unit Aylesbury, HP19 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	50	100%	66.7%
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%

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
Dorchester Learning Centre (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	88	Sign in to see
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 8HE	Pupil Referral Unit	69
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	75
North Herts Education Support Centre Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY	Pupil Referral Unit	52
Chessbrook Education Support Centre Watford, WD18 6LJ	Pupil Referral Unit	29
Stevenage Education Support Centre Stevenage, SG2 9HQ	Pupil Referral Unit	120
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	99
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Dacorum Education Support Centre Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS	Pupil Referral Unit	52
Leicester Partnership School Leicester, LE2 3PR	Pupil Referral Unit	102
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	69
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	64
Mayesbrook Park School Dagenham, RM9 6TJ	Pupil Referral Unit	167
Elmbrook School Leicester, LE5 1DT	Pupil Referral Unit	33
Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service Rochdale, OL16 2XW	Pupil Referral Unit	173
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	47
The Surrey Teaching Centre Tadworth, KT20 5RU	Pupil Referral Unit	17
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	65
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	106
Taunton Deane Partnership College Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	59
Willow Vale School Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	81
Sycamore Short Stay School Dudley, DY1 3QE	Pupil Referral Unit	31
Enterprise Learning Alliance Margate, CT9 4JA	Pupil Referral Unit	78
The Clifton Centre Manchester, M27 8GW	Pupil Referral Unit	99
Hawkswood Primary PRU London, E4 7RT	Pupil Referral Unit	16
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	23
Hawkswood Therapeutic Chingford, E4 7RT	Pupil Referral Unit	20
Rotherham Aspire Rotherham, S62 5AF	Pupil Referral Unit	118
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	73