The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit

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
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	10	100%	62.5%
Pace St Helens, WA9 2LH	Pupil Referral Unit	19	100%	56.3%
The Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	37	84.6%	61.5%
South Cumbria Pupil Referral Service Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9HU	Pupil Referral Unit	33	93.6%	54.8%
Smannell Field School Andover, SP11 6JP	Pupil Referral Unit	29	92.9%	64.3%
Greenwood School Southampton, SO45 5UQ	Pupil Referral Unit	44	100%	63.2%
Golden Hill Pupil Referral Unit Leyland, PR25 1QS	Pupil Referral Unit	50	79.1%	65.1%
The Linden Centre Telford, TF3 5BT	Pupil Referral Unit	67	100%	68.6%
North Herts Education Support Centre Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY	Pupil Referral Unit	52	100%	50%
Perryfields Primary Pupil Referral Unit Worcester, WR2 5AX	Pupil Referral Unit	22	100%	45.5%
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	69	97%	57.6%
Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 6BX	Pupil Referral Unit	53	100%	54.2%
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	64	94.7%	68.4%
Elmbrook School Leicester, LE5 1DT	Pupil Referral Unit	33	100%	77.4%
Kettlebrook Short Stay School Tamworth, B77 1AL	Pupil Referral Unit	44	100%	45.5%
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	47	97.3%	59.5%
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	65	91.3%	58.7%
Christchurch Learning Centre Christchurch, BH23 1PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	40	100%	50%
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%
Inspired Pathways Coventry, CV6 2HD	Pupil Referral Unit	58	100%	50%
Maple Medical PRU Doncaster, DN4 9HT	Pupil Referral Unit	45	100%	66.7%
Rivers Education Support Centre Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA	Pupil Referral Unit	41	100%	73.3%
North West Surrey Short Stay School Woking, GU21 6NT	Pupil Referral Unit	29	89.5%	73.7%
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	23	100%	85%
The Buckinghamshire Primary Pupil Referral Unit Aylesbury, HP19 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	50	100%	66.7%
Kite Ridge School High Wycombe, HP12 3NE	Pupil Referral Unit	10	100%	50%
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
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	10	Sign in to see
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 8HE	Pupil Referral Unit	69
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	110
Albright Education Centre Tipton, DY4 7NR	Pupil Referral Unit	152
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	145
The Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	37
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	195
Abbey Manor College London, SE12 8JP	Pupil Referral Unit	116
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	99
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	98
West Sussex Alternative Provision College Burgess Hill, RH15 8RE	Pupil Referral Unit	380
The Woodbridge Park Education Service Isleworth, TW7 5ED	Pupil Referral Unit	186
Haringey Learning Partnership London, N22 8DZ	Pupil Referral Unit	144
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Mayesbrook Park School Dagenham, RM9 6TJ	Pupil Referral Unit	167
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	47
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	99
The St Aubyn Centre Education Department Colchester, CO4 5HG	Pupil Referral Unit	23
The Bridge School Runcorn, WA7 1PW	Pupil Referral Unit	84
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	65
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	106
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	219
Sycamore Short Stay School Dudley, DY1 3QE	Pupil Referral Unit	31
The Rosewood School West Malling, ME19 5FF	Pupil Referral Unit	98
Enterprise Learning Alliance Margate, CT9 4JA	Pupil Referral Unit	78
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	23
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	73
Horizon School Lowestoft, NR32 4TD	Pupil Referral Unit	42