Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service

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
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	99	70%	61.7%
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	91	98.6%	64.4%
Orchardside School Enfield, EN1 4RL	Pupil Referral Unit	68	61.5%	53.8%
The Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	37	84.6%	61.5%
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%
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%
Dorchester Learning Centre Dorchester, DT2 9PS	Pupil Referral Unit	88	96.3%	70.4%
Abbey Manor College London, SE12 8JP	Pupil Referral Unit	116	46.9%	62.5%
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	87	93%	63.4%
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%
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%
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	99	100%	67.5%
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	124	46.8%	68.1%
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	123	51.9%	61.3%
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%
Willow Vale School Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	81	56.7%	61.7%
The Acorns School Ormskirk, L39 4QX	Pupil Referral Unit	89	43.2%	64.9%
Burton PRU Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0HR	Pupil Referral Unit	50	48.6%	54.3%
Inspired Pathways Coventry, CV6 2HD	Pupil Referral Unit	58	100%	50%
The Clifton Centre Manchester, M27 8GW	Pupil Referral Unit	99	97.9%	68.8%
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	110	83.2%	75.7%
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY	Pupil Referral Unit	45	64.1%	66.7%
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
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	99	Sign in to see
Foundry College Wokingham, RG40 1PX	Pupil Referral Unit	49
Malden Oaks School and Tuition Service Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5QY	Pupil Referral Unit	272
The Pendlebury Centre Stockport, SK3 0RJ	Pupil Referral Unit	41
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	75
South Cumbria Pupil Referral Service Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9HU	Pupil Referral Unit	33
Smannell Field School Andover, SP11 6JP	Pupil Referral Unit	29
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
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Dacorum Education Support Centre Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS	Pupil Referral Unit	52
The Horizon School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, TS25 4BY	Pupil Referral Unit	109
Leicester Partnership School Leicester, LE2 3PR	Pupil Referral Unit	102
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	69
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	64
Elmbrook School Leicester, LE5 1DT	Pupil Referral Unit	33
Kettlebrook Short Stay School Tamworth, B77 1AL	Pupil Referral Unit	44
The Surrey Teaching Centre Tadworth, KT20 5RU	Pupil Referral Unit	17
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	123
Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 9JA	Pupil Referral Unit	25
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
Willow Vale School Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	81
Sycamore Short Stay School Dudley, DY1 3QE	Pupil Referral Unit	31
Maple Medical PRU Doncaster, DN4 9HT	Pupil Referral Unit	45
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY	Pupil Referral Unit	45
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	23
Burnside Secondary PRU London, E4 8YJ	Pupil Referral Unit	33
Rotherham Aspire Rotherham, S62 5AF	Pupil Referral Unit	118