The Horizon School, Hartlepool

Schools we chose for benchmarking

This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.

Choose your own set of schools

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
The Horizon School, Hartlepool
(Your chosen school) 		Pupil Referral Unit 79 43.1% 89.2%
Heath School
London, NW3 2NY 		Pupil Referral Unit 63 100% 77.4%
Camden Primary Pupil Referral Unit
London, NW1 3EX 		Pupil Referral Unit 19 100% 84.2%
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre
South Shields, NE34 0QA 		Pupil Referral Unit 104 94.3% 74.3%
Stepping Stones School
Lancaster, LA1 4HT 		Pupil Referral Unit 34 100% 83.3%
Stevenage Education Support Centre
Stevenage, SG2 9HQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 52 100% 75%
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service
Hereford, HR1 2DY 		Pupil Referral Unit 83 79.7% 64.4%
Trafford Alternative Education Provision
Altrincham, WA14 1SR 		Pupil Referral Unit 96 67.2% 69%
Leicester Partnership School
Leicester, LE2 3PR 		Pupil Referral Unit 109 32.7% 79.6%
Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit
Scarborough, YO11 2PG 		Pupil Referral Unit 23 50% 87.5%
The New Broadwalk PRU
Swinton, M27 8QL 		Pupil Referral Unit 41 100% 80.6%
Elmbrook School
Leicester, LE5 1DT 		Pupil Referral Unit 21 100% 83.3%
Compass School
Southampton, SO16 9FQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 92 100% 87.2%
Northgate School
Edgware, HA8 0AD 		Pupil Referral Unit 30 50% 62.5%
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit
Manchester, M20 3FB 		Pupil Referral Unit 124 100% 92.9%
Shaftesbury High School
Chorley, PR7 3NQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 138 47.6% 62.1%
New Leaf School
Walsall, WV12 4EG 		Pupil Referral Unit 53 80.4% 68.6%
Sycamore Short Stay School
Dudley, DY1 3QE 		Pupil Referral Unit 28 100% 90%
The Acorns School
Ormskirk, L39 4QX 		Pupil Referral Unit 93 61.2% 59.7%
New Directions
London, E16 2LS 		Pupil Referral Unit 32 100% 83.3%
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils)
London, SE15 6LF 		Pupil Referral Unit 55 92.7% 78%
Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision
Maidstone, ME16 8AU 		Pupil Referral Unit 47 100% 100%
The Link School
Sunderland, SR3 4EE 		Pupil Referral Unit 184 80.6% 70.8%
New Heights High School
Liverpool, L9 7HA 		Pupil Referral Unit 103 65.3% 77.9%
Hambleton/Richmondshire Pupil Referral Service
Northallerton, DL6 1SZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 26 88.5% 76.9%
Craven Pupil Referral Service
Skipton, BD23 2QS 		Pupil Referral Unit 19 50% 80%
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 Buckinghamshire Primary Pupil Referral Unit
Aylesbury, HP19 9NS 		Pupil Referral Unit 43 100% 100%
Central Hub Brighton
Brighton, BN1 7FP 		Pupil Referral Unit 106 100% 74.5%