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	95	100%	64.2%
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	121	100%	64.3%
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 0EA	Pupil Referral Unit	84	98.7%	67.1%
Pavilion Study Centre London, N20 9DX	Pupil Referral Unit	129	100%	62.5%
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	116	100%	66.7%
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	76	100%	58.8%
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	68	100%	65.2%
The Bridge Education Centre Eastleigh, SO50 9DB	Pupil Referral Unit	93	100%	55.6%
EOTAS Swindon Swindon, SN2 1HL	Pupil Referral Unit	143	100%	62.1%
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	111	90.2%	62.2%
Pathways Learning Centre Bristol, BS16 2RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	142	100%	54.2%
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	86	100%	61.9%
Ealing Alternative Provision London, W13 0LR	Pupil Referral Unit	102	100%	56.3%
The Forum Centre Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX	Pupil Referral Unit	81	100%	72.2%
Launchpad Centre St Helens, WA10 1UH	Pupil Referral Unit	104	100%	68.1%
Chadwick High School Lancaster, LA1 2AY	Pupil Referral Unit	114	98.7%	70.9%
Kettlebrook Short Stay School Tamworth, B77 1AL	Pupil Referral Unit	58	100%	62.9%
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	113	100%	68%
Oswaldtwistle School Accrington, BB5 3DA	Pupil Referral Unit	101	100%	65.5%
The Bridge School Runcorn, WA7 1PW	Pupil Referral Unit	95	100%	72.1%
McKee College House Poulton, FY6 7AQ	Pupil Referral Unit	110	100%	56.9%
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	58	100%	73.8%
New Regent's College London, N1 7RD	Pupil Referral Unit	129	95.2%	62.7%
Tor School Glastonbury, BA6 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	35	100%	70.6%
South Somerset Partnership School Yeovil, BA21 4EN	Pupil Referral Unit	62	100%	61%
Taunton Deane Partnership College Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	59	100%	63.9%
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	126	100%	67.4%
The Clifton Centre Manchester, M27 8GW	Pupil Referral Unit	104	100%	69.9%
The Bridge Short Stay School Ellesmere Port, CH65 7EP	Pupil Referral Unit	60	100%	67.8%
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	84	100%	64.9%

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	95	Sign in to see
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 0EA	Pupil Referral Unit	84
Malden Oaks School and Tuition Service Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5QY	Pupil Referral Unit	255
The Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	48
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	76
North Herts Education Support Centre Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY	Pupil Referral Unit	21
Chessbrook Education Support Centre Watford, WD18 6LJ	Pupil Referral Unit	29
Stevenage Education Support Centre Stevenage, SG2 9HQ	Pupil Referral Unit	52
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	83
Dacorum Education Support Centre Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS	Pupil Referral Unit	47
Leicester Partnership School Leicester, LE2 3PR	Pupil Referral Unit	109
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	91
Pathways Learning Centre Bristol, BS16 2RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	142
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	86
Mayesbrook Park School Dagenham, RM9 6TJ	Pupil Referral Unit	180
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	53
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	58
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	118
New Leaf School Walsall, WV12 4EG	Pupil Referral Unit	53
Taunton Deane Partnership College Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	59
The Bridge School Sedgemoor Bridgwater, TA6 5HT	Pupil Referral Unit	83
Sycamore Short Stay School Dudley, DY1 3QE	Pupil Referral Unit	28
Enterprise Learning Alliance Margate, CT9 4JA	Pupil Referral Unit	87
The Clifton Centre Manchester, M27 8GW	Pupil Referral Unit	104
Hawkswood Primary PRU London, E4 7RT	Pupil Referral Unit	16
Bridge Street School Derby, DE1 3LB	Pupil Referral Unit	228
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	34
Hawkswood (Therapeutic) Chingford, E4 7RT	Pupil Referral Unit	15
Rotherham Aspire Rotherham, S62 5AF	Pupil Referral Unit	135
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	84