West Sussex Alternative Provision College

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
West Sussex Alternative Provision College (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	363	100%	62.3%
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit London, SE9 6HR	Pupil Referral Unit	199	99%	40.8%
London East Alternative Provision London, E1 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	215	57.6%	52.8%
Pavilion Study Centre London, N20 9DX	Pupil Referral Unit	129	100%	62.5%
Malden Oaks School and Tuition Service Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5QY	Pupil Referral Unit	255	62.1%	38.8%
City of Birmingham School Birmingham, B11 4LX	Pupil Referral Unit	491	100%	65.4%
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	152	100%	84.3%
Moorbridge Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 0HJ	Pupil Referral Unit	378	99.4%	67.7%
The Woodlands Ferryhill, DL17 8AN	Pupil Referral Unit	433	13.6%	76.8%
The Bridge Education Centre Eastleigh, SO50 9DB	Pupil Referral Unit	93	100%	55.6%
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	199	98.9%	58.1%
EOTAS Swindon Swindon, SN2 1HL	Pupil Referral Unit	143	100%	62.1%
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	111	90.2%	62.2%
The Woodbridge Park Education Service Isleworth, TW7 5ED	Pupil Referral Unit	206	99.2%	63.8%
Pathways Learning Centre Bristol, BS16 2RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	142	100%	54.2%
Educational Diversity Blackpool, FY3 9JW	Pupil Referral Unit	165	98.5%	71.5%
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	137	82.1%	66%
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	92	100%	87.2%
Bristol Hospital Education Service Bristol, BS6 5JL	Pupil Referral Unit	310	40.3%	40.3%
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	113	100%	68%
The Key Education Centre Gosport, PO13 0SG	Pupil Referral Unit	143	100%	40.4%
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	192	100%	63.4%
New Regent's College London, N1 7RD	Pupil Referral Unit	129	95.2%	62.7%
The Altus School Gloucester, GL4 0RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	242	56.6%	44.6%
The Link School Sunderland, SR3 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	184	80.6%	70.8%
Children's Support Service Wickford, SS11 7JZ	Pupil Referral Unit	189	97.8%	40.7%
Bridge Street School Derby, DE1 3LB	Pupil Referral Unit	228	98.2%	56.4%
Manchester Secondary PRU Chorlton, M21 7JJ	Pupil Referral Unit	233	100%	80.1%
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211	80%	83.3%
Central Hub Brighton Brighton, BN1 7FP	Pupil Referral Unit	106	100%	74.5%

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
West Sussex Alternative Provision College (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	363	Sign in to see
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit London, SE9 6HR	Pupil Referral Unit	199
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	121
Pavilion Study Centre London, N20 9DX	Pupil Referral Unit	129
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 Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	48
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	104
Larches High School Preston, PR1 6AA	Pupil Referral Unit	131
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	199
Abbey Manor College London, SE12 8JP	Pupil Referral Unit	132
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit Redditch, B98 7UZ	Pupil Referral Unit	9
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	96
The Woodbridge Park Education Service Isleworth, TW7 5ED	Pupil Referral Unit	206
Haringey Learning Partnership London, N22 8DZ	Pupil Referral Unit	117
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	86
Educational Diversity Blackpool, FY3 9JW	Pupil Referral Unit	165
Elmbrook School Leicester, LE5 1DT	Pupil Referral Unit	21
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	92
The Key Education Centre Gosport, PO13 0SG	Pupil Referral Unit	143
The St Aubyn Centre Education Department Colchester, CO4 5HG	Pupil Referral Unit	13
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
The Rosewood School West Malling, ME19 5FF	Pupil Referral Unit	115
Enterprise Learning Alliance Margate, CT9 4JA	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Bridge Street School Derby, DE1 3LB	Pupil Referral Unit	228
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	84