Dacorum 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
Dacorum Education Support Centre (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	52	81.8%	45.5%
Foundry College Wokingham, RG40 1PX	Pupil Referral Unit	49	91.7%	50%
Orchardside School Enfield, EN1 4RL	Pupil Referral Unit	68	61.5%	53.8%
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%
Pace St Helens, WA9 2LH	Pupil Referral Unit	19	100%	56.3%
Moat House Stockport, SK4 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	20	71.4%	35.7%
The Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	37	84.6%	61.5%
Wandsworth Hospital and Home Tuition Service London, SW17 0YG	Pupil Referral Unit	48	66.7%	33.3%
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	75	100%	55.4%
South Cumbria Pupil Referral Service Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9HU	Pupil Referral Unit	33	93.6%	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%
Stevenage Education Support Centre Stevenage, SG2 9HQ	Pupil Referral Unit	120	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%
Ealing Alternative Provision London, W13 0LR	Pupil Referral Unit	74	100%	55.4%
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%
Northgate School Edgware, HA8 0AD	Pupil Referral Unit	22	87.5%	37.5%
Redbridge Alternative Provision Ilford, IG6 1PU	Pupil Referral Unit	24	100%	46.7%
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%
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%
New Directions London, E16 2LS	Pupil Referral Unit	34	100%	42.9%
Inspired Pathways Coventry, CV6 2HD	Pupil Referral Unit	58	100%	50%
Hambleton/Richmondshire Pupil Referral Service Northallerton, DL6 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	29	87%	47.8%
Kite Ridge School High Wycombe, HP12 3NE	Pupil Referral Unit	10	100%	50%

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
Dacorum Education Support Centre (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	52	Sign in to see
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 8HE	Pupil Referral Unit	69
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
Smannell Field School Andover, SP11 6JP	Pupil Referral Unit	29
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
Stevenage Education Support Centre Stevenage, SG2 9HQ	Pupil Referral Unit	120
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	99
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Leicester Partnership School Leicester, LE2 3PR	Pupil Referral Unit	102
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	69
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	64
Mayesbrook Park School Dagenham, RM9 6TJ	Pupil Referral Unit	167
Elmbrook School Leicester, LE5 1DT	Pupil Referral Unit	33
The Surrey Teaching Centre Tadworth, KT20 5RU	Pupil Referral Unit	17
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	123
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
Sycamore Short Stay School Dudley, DY1 3QE	Pupil Referral Unit	31
Enterprise Learning Alliance Margate, CT9 4JA	Pupil Referral Unit	78
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
Horizon School Lowestoft, NR32 4TD	Pupil Referral Unit	42