North Herts Education Support 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
North Herts Education Support Centre
(Your chosen school) 		Pupil Referral Unit 21 0% 0%
Triple Crown Centre
Solihull, B91 2HW 		Pupil Referral Unit 20 100% 0%
The Pendlebury Centre
Stockport, SK3 0RJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 40 100% 0%
CAMHS Phoenix School
Wokingham, RG41 2RE 		Pupil Referral Unit 7 0% 0%
Chessbrook Education Support Centre
Watford, WD18 6LJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 29 100% 25%
Dacorum Education Support Centre
Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS 		Pupil Referral Unit 47 83.3% 50%
Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service
Cheltenham, GL50 3EW 		Pupil Referral Unit 153 0% 0%
Victoria Drive Primary Pupil Referral Unit
London, SW19 6HR 		Pupil Referral Unit 40 0% 0%
Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus
Morden, SM4 6PT 		Pupil Referral Unit 100 50% 27.8%
The Surrey Teaching Centre
Tadworth, KT20 5RU 		Pupil Referral Unit 11 100% 0%
St Peter's Centre
Egham, TW20 0RX 		Pupil Referral Unit 25 0% 0%
Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit
Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 9JA 		Pupil Referral Unit 31 100% 0%
The St Aubyn Centre Education Department
Colchester, CO4 5HG 		Pupil Referral Unit 13 100% 0%
Avenue Centre for Education
Luton, LU1 3NJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 95 33.8% 42.9%
The Bridge School Sedgemoor
Bridgwater, TA6 5HT 		Pupil Referral Unit 83 45.8% 47.5%
Pilgrim Pathways School
Cambridge, CB21 5EE 		Pupil Referral Unit 31 100% 0%
Ancora House School
Chester, CH2 1BQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 58 100% 11.8%
Devon Hospitals' Short Stay School
Exeter, EX2 5DW 		Pupil Referral Unit 6 0% 0%
The Hope Service
Guildford, GU2 9RS 		Pupil Referral Unit 15 0% 0%
Burton PRU
Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0HR 		Pupil Referral Unit 55 38.5% 34.6%
Sutton Tuition and Reintegration Service
Carshalton, SM5 4NR 		Pupil Referral Unit 54 100% 0%
The Rosewood School
West Malling, ME19 5FF 		Pupil Referral Unit 115 100% 0%
Birchwood
Folkestone, CT19 4FP 		Pupil Referral Unit 31 0% 0%
Enterprise Learning Alliance
Margate, CT9 4JA 		Pupil Referral Unit 87 0% 0%
Two Bridges School
Tunbridge Wells, TN4 0DS 		Pupil Referral Unit 31 0% 0%
Hawkswood Primary PRU
London, E4 7RT 		Pupil Referral Unit 16 0% 0%
Poplar Adolescent Unit
Rochford, SS4 1RB 		Pupil Referral Unit 5 0% 0%
Children's Support Service
Wickford, SS11 7JZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 189 97.8% 40.7%
Hawkswood (Therapeutic)
Chingford, E4 7RT 		Pupil Referral Unit 15 0% 0%
Horizon School
Lowestoft, NR32 4TD 		Pupil Referral Unit 44 0% 0%

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
North Herts Education Support Centre
(Your chosen school) 		Pupil Referral Unit 21 Sign in to see
Heath School
London, NW3 2NY 		Pupil Referral Unit 63
Foundry College
Wokingham, RG40 1PX 		Pupil Referral Unit 55
Malden Oaks School and Tuition Service
Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5QY 		Pupil Referral Unit 255
Pace
St Helens, WA9 2LH 		Pupil Referral Unit 22
The Pendlebury Centre
Stockport, SK3 0RJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 40
Gillford Centre
Carlisle, CA2 4JE 		Pupil Referral Unit 76
Newbridge House PRU
Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9HU 		Pupil Referral Unit 48
Smannell Field School
Andover, SP11 6JP 		Pupil Referral Unit 25
Chessbrook Education Support Centre
Watford, WD18 6LJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 29
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service
Hereford, HR1 2DY 		Pupil Referral Unit 83
Dacorum Education Support Centre
Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS 		Pupil Referral Unit 47
The Horizon School, Hartlepool
Hartlepool, TS25 4BY 		Pupil Referral Unit 79
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical)
Willenhall, WV13 2QJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 91
Chadwick High School
Lancaster, LA1 2AY 		Pupil Referral Unit 114
Lionheart School
Newport, PO30 5HZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 113
Shaftesbury High School
Chorley, PR7 3NQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 138
The Compass
Weymouth, DT4 0QU 		Pupil Referral Unit 58
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
Two Bridges School
Tunbridge Wells, TN4 0DS 		Pupil Referral Unit 31
Maple Medical PRU
Doncaster, DN4 9HT 		Pupil Referral Unit 47
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School
Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY 		Pupil Referral Unit 40
Children's Support Service
Wickford, SS11 7JZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 189
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School
Redditch, B98 8HF 		Pupil Referral Unit 34
Burnside Secondary PRU
London, E4 8YJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 28
Rotherham Aspire
Rotherham, S62 5AF 		Pupil Referral Unit 135
Kite Ridge School
High Wycombe, HP12 3NE 		Pupil Referral Unit 8