The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit

Schools we chose for benchmarking

This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.

Choose your own set of schools

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%