Trafford Alternative Education Provision

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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	98	94.3%	62.3%
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	91	98.6%	64.4%
Pavilion Study Centre London, N20 9DX	Pupil Referral Unit	138	100%	66.7%
Pace St Helens, WA9 2LH	Pupil Referral Unit	19	100%	56.3%
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	75	100%	55.4%
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	81	100%	62%
South Cumbria Pupil Referral Service Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9HU	Pupil Referral Unit	33	93.6%	54.8%
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%
Larches High School Preston, PR1 6AA	Pupil Referral Unit	128	100%	75.5%
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%
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	87	93%	63.4%
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%
Ealing Alternative Provision London, W13 0LR	Pupil Referral Unit	74	100%	55.4%
The Forum Centre Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX	Pupil Referral Unit	80	100%	63.2%
Launchpad Centre St Helens, WA10 1UH	Pupil Referral Unit	103	100%	74.2%
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	141	72.2%	59.1%
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	64	94.7%	68.4%
Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service Rochdale, OL16 2XW	Pupil Referral Unit	173	92.7%	69.9%
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	99	100%	67.5%
Oswaldtwistle School Accrington, BB5 3DA	Pupil Referral Unit	100	100%	70.8%
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	65	91.3%	58.7%
South Somerset Partnership School Yeovil, BA21 4EN	Pupil Referral Unit	51	100%	62.9%
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	114	100%	72.1%
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%
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%

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	98	Sign in to see
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 8HE	Pupil Referral Unit	69
Orchardside School Enfield, EN1 4RL	Pupil Referral Unit	68
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	110
Albright Education Centre Tipton, DY4 7NR	Pupil Referral Unit	152
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	145
The Pendlebury Centre Stockport, SK3 0RJ	Pupil Referral Unit	41
The Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	37
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	75
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	81
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit Redditch, B98 7UZ	Pupil Referral Unit	10
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	87
The Woodbridge Park Education Service Isleworth, TW7 5ED	Pupil Referral Unit	186
Haringey Learning Partnership London, N22 8DZ	Pupil Referral Unit	144
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Mayesbrook Park School Dagenham, RM9 6TJ	Pupil Referral Unit	167
Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service Rochdale, OL16 2XW	Pupil Referral Unit	173
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	47
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	123
The Bridge School Runcorn, WA7 1PW	Pupil Referral Unit	84
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	65
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	106
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	219
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	114
The Rosewood School West Malling, ME19 5FF	Pupil Referral Unit	98
Enterprise Learning Alliance Margate, CT9 4JA	Pupil Referral Unit	78
The Clifton Centre Manchester, M27 8GW	Pupil Referral Unit	99
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	110
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	73
Horizon School Lowestoft, NR32 4TD	Pupil Referral Unit	42