Stevenage 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
Stevenage Education Support Centre (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	120	100%	50%
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	91	98.6%	64.4%
Pavilion Study Centre London, N20 9DX	Pupil Referral Unit	138	100%	66.7%
Foundry College Wokingham, RG40 1PX	Pupil Referral Unit	49	91.7%	50%
The Helix Education Centre Harrow, HA3 6DH	Pupil Referral Unit	72	97.8%	45.7%
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	110	100%	41.7%
Albright Education Centre Tipton, DY4 7NR	Pupil Referral Unit	152	95%	45%
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%
The Bridge Education Centre Eastleigh, SO50 9DB	Pupil Referral Unit	99	100%	60%
EOTAS Swindon Swindon, SN2 1HL	Pupil Referral Unit	152	100%	54.8%
North Herts Education Support Centre Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY	Pupil Referral Unit	52	100%	50%
Chessbrook Education Support Centre Watford, WD18 6LJ	Pupil Referral Unit	29	100%	42.9%
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	87	93%	63.4%
Dacorum Education Support Centre Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS	Pupil Referral Unit	52	81.8%	45.5%
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	98	94.3%	62.3%
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	69	97%	57.6%
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	87	100%	62.7%
Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 6BX	Pupil Referral Unit	53	100%	54.2%
Ealing Alternative Provision London, W13 0LR	Pupil Referral Unit	74	100%	55.4%
The Forum Centre Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX	Pupil Referral Unit	80	100%	63.2%
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	141	72.2%	59.1%
The Key Education Centre Gosport, PO13 0SG	Pupil Referral Unit	122	100%	41%
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	65	91.3%	58.7%
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	106	67.5%	55%
Avenue Centre for Education Luton, LU1 3NJ	Pupil Referral Unit	86	90.2%	37.3%
Tor School Glastonbury, BA6 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	49	100%	56.7%
Inspired Pathways Coventry, CV6 2HD	Pupil Referral Unit	58	100%	50%
Children's Support Service Wickford, SS11 7JZ	Pupil Referral Unit	164	100%	46.1%
Pinderfields Hospital PRU Wakefield, WF2 0LW	Pupil Referral Unit	116	100%	45.2%

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
Stevenage Education Support Centre (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	120	Sign in to see
The Helix Education Centre Harrow, HA3 6DH	Pupil Referral Unit	72
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	75
The Bridge Education Centre Eastleigh, SO50 9DB	Pupil Referral Unit	99
Greenwood School Southampton, SO45 5UQ	Pupil Referral Unit	44
Dorchester Learning Centre Dorchester, DT2 9PS	Pupil Referral Unit	88
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
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
Haringey Learning Partnership London, N22 8DZ	Pupil Referral Unit	144
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	64
The New Broadwalk PRU Swinton, M27 8QL	Pupil Referral Unit	44
Mayesbrook Park School Dagenham, RM9 6TJ	Pupil Referral Unit	167
Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service Rochdale, OL16 2XW	Pupil Referral Unit	173
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
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils) London, SE15 6LF	Pupil Referral Unit	60
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
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	110
Hawkswood Therapeutic Chingford, E4 7RT	Pupil Referral Unit	20
The Rubicon Centre Selby, YO8 4AN	Pupil Referral Unit	25
Horizon School Lowestoft, NR32 4TD	Pupil Referral Unit	42