Trafford Alternative Education Provision

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
Trafford Alternative Education Provision (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	96	67.2%	69%
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 0EA	Pupil Referral Unit	84	98.7%	67.1%
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	104	94.3%	74.3%
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	76	100%	58.8%
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	68	100%	65.2%
Newbridge House PRU Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9HU	Pupil Referral Unit	48	100%	66.7%
Golden Hill Pupil Referral Unit Leyland, PR25 1QS	Pupil Referral Unit	50	95.1%	63.4%
Larches High School Preston, PR1 6AA	Pupil Referral Unit	131	100%	72.4%
Dorchester Learning Centre Dorchester, DT2 9PS	Pupil Referral Unit	95	100%	64.2%
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	83	79.7%	64.4%
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	111	90.2%	62.2%
The Forum Centre Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX	Pupil Referral Unit	81	100%	72.2%
Launchpad Centre St Helens, WA10 1UH	Pupil Referral Unit	104	100%	68.1%
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	137	82.1%	66%
Chadwick High School Lancaster, LA1 2AY	Pupil Referral Unit	114	98.7%	70.9%
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	113	100%	68%
Oswaldtwistle School Accrington, BB5 3DA	Pupil Referral Unit	101	100%	65.5%
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	138	47.6%	62.1%
The Bridge School Runcorn, WA7 1PW	Pupil Referral Unit	95	100%	72.1%
McKee College House Poulton, FY6 7AQ	Pupil Referral Unit	110	100%	56.9%
New Leaf School Walsall, WV12 4EG	Pupil Referral Unit	53	80.4%	68.6%
New Regent's College London, N1 7RD	Pupil Referral Unit	129	95.2%	62.7%
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	126	100%	67.4%
The Acorns School Ormskirk, L39 4QX	Pupil Referral Unit	93	61.2%	59.7%
The Clifton Centre Manchester, M27 8GW	Pupil Referral Unit	104	100%	69.9%
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	103	65.3%	77.9%
Rivers Education Support Centre Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA	Pupil Referral Unit	49	58.6%	69%
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY	Pupil Referral Unit	40	58.6%	72.4%
The Bridge Short Stay School Ellesmere Port, CH65 7EP	Pupil Referral Unit	60	100%	67.8%
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	84	100%	64.9%

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
Trafford Alternative Education Provision (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	96	Sign in to see
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 0EA	Pupil Referral Unit	84
Orchardside School Enfield, EN1 4RL	Pupil Referral Unit	67
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	116
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	152
The Pendlebury Centre Stockport, SK3 0RJ	Pupil Referral Unit	40
The Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	48
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	76
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	68
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit Redditch, B98 7UZ	Pupil Referral Unit	9
The Woodbridge Park Education Service Isleworth, TW7 5ED	Pupil Referral Unit	206
Leicester Partnership School Leicester, LE2 3PR	Pupil Referral Unit	109
Haringey Learning Partnership London, N22 8DZ	Pupil Referral Unit	117
Pathways Learning Centre Bristol, BS16 2RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	142
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	86
Educational Diversity Blackpool, FY3 9JW	Pupil Referral Unit	165
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 Bridge School Runcorn, WA7 1PW	Pupil Referral Unit	95
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	118
Avenue Centre for Education Luton, LU1 3NJ	Pupil Referral Unit	95
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	192
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	126
The Rosewood School West Malling, ME19 5FF	Pupil Referral Unit	115
Enterprise Learning Alliance Margate, CT9 4JA	Pupil Referral Unit	87
The Clifton Centre Manchester, M27 8GW	Pupil Referral Unit	104
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	103
Bridge Street School Derby, DE1 3LB	Pupil Referral Unit	228
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	84