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	47	83.3%	50%
Foundry College Wokingham, RG40 1PX	Pupil Referral Unit	55	100%	50%
Orchardside School Enfield, EN1 4RL	Pupil Referral Unit	67	90.2%	56.9%
The Helix Education Centre Harrow, HA3 6DH	Pupil Referral Unit	68	97.2%	44.4%
Moat House Stockport, SK4 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	17	90.9%	45.5%
Wandsworth Hospital and Home Tuition Service London, SW17 0YG	Pupil Referral Unit	40	85.7%	57.1%
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	76	100%	58.8%
Smannell Field School Andover, SP11 6JP	Pupil Referral Unit	25	100%	63.6%
The Bridge Education Centre Eastleigh, SO50 9DB	Pupil Referral Unit	93	100%	55.6%
Golden Hill Pupil Referral Unit Leyland, PR25 1QS	Pupil Referral Unit	50	95.1%	63.4%
Perryfields Primary Pupil Referral Unit Worcester, WR2 5AX	Pupil Referral Unit	21	100%	62.5%
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	83	79.7%	64.4%
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	91	97.8%	52.8%
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	86	100%	61.9%
Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 6BX	Pupil Referral Unit	55	100%	49.1%
Ealing Alternative Provision London, W13 0LR	Pupil Referral Unit	102	100%	56.3%
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	51	74.2%	54.8%
Kettlebrook Short Stay School Tamworth, B77 1AL	Pupil Referral Unit	58	100%	62.9%
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	53	95%	47.5%
Redbridge Alternative Provision Ilford, IG6 1PU	Pupil Referral Unit	32	66.7%	52.4%
Christchurch Learning Centre Christchurch, BH23 1PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	38	100%	45.8%
South Somerset Partnership School Yeovil, BA21 4EN	Pupil Referral Unit	62	100%	61%
Taunton Deane Partnership College Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	59	100%	63.9%
Inspired Pathways Coventry, CV6 2HD	Pupil Referral Unit	53	100%	50%
Maple Medical PRU Doncaster, DN4 9HT	Pupil Referral Unit	47	95.8%	62.5%
Rivers Education Support Centre Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA	Pupil Referral Unit	49	58.6%	69%
North West Surrey Short Stay School Woking, GU21 6NT	Pupil Referral Unit	21	84.2%	57.9%
Oakfield School Shepshed, LE12 9DB	Pupil Referral Unit	14	100%	55.6%
Burnside Secondary PRU London, E4 8YJ	Pupil Referral Unit	28	78.3%	39.1%
The Rubicon Centre Selby, YO8 4AN	Pupil Referral Unit	26	100%	64.3%

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	47	Sign in to see
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 0EA	Pupil Referral Unit	84
Foundry College Wokingham, RG40 1PX	Pupil Referral Unit	55
Malden Oaks School and Tuition Service Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5QY	Pupil Referral Unit	255
The Pendlebury Centre Stockport, SK3 0RJ	Pupil Referral Unit	40
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	76
Smannell Field School Andover, SP11 6JP	Pupil Referral Unit	25
Dorchester Learning Centre Dorchester, DT2 9PS	Pupil Referral Unit	95
North Herts Education Support Centre Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY	Pupil Referral Unit	21
Chessbrook Education Support Centre Watford, WD18 6LJ	Pupil Referral Unit	29
Stevenage Education Support Centre Stevenage, SG2 9HQ	Pupil Referral Unit	52
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	83
Leicester Partnership School Leicester, LE2 3PR	Pupil Referral Unit	109
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	91
Pathways Learning Centre Bristol, BS16 2RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	142
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	86
Mayesbrook Park School Dagenham, RM9 6TJ	Pupil Referral Unit	180
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	53
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	138
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	58
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	118
New Leaf School Walsall, WV12 4EG	Pupil Referral Unit	53
Taunton Deane Partnership College Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	59
Sycamore Short Stay School Dudley, DY1 3QE	Pupil Referral Unit	28
Enterprise Learning Alliance Margate, CT9 4JA	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Maple Medical PRU Doncaster, DN4 9HT	Pupil Referral Unit	47
Bridge Street School Derby, DE1 3LB	Pupil Referral Unit	228
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	34
Burnside Secondary PRU London, E4 8YJ	Pupil Referral Unit	28
Rotherham Aspire Rotherham, S62 5AF	Pupil Referral Unit	135