St Thomas's Centre

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.

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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
St Thomas's Centre
(Your chosen school)
Pupil Referral Unit 141 72.2% 59.1%
London East Alternative Provision
London, E1 4EE
Pupil Referral Unit 189 53.5% 49.5%
Pavilion Study Centre
London, N20 9DX
Pupil Referral Unit 138 100% 66.7%
Orchardside School
Enfield, EN1 4RL
Pupil Referral Unit 68 61.5% 53.8%
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%
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%
Danesgate Community
York, YO10 4PB
Pupil Referral Unit 195 95.2% 60.5%
EOTAS Swindon
Swindon, SN2 1HL
Pupil Referral Unit 152 100% 54.8%
Stevenage Education Support Centre
Stevenage, SG2 9HQ
Pupil Referral Unit 120 100% 50%
Abbey Manor College
London, SE12 8JP
Pupil Referral Unit 116 46.9% 62.5%
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service
Hereford, HR1 2DY
Pupil Referral Unit 99 70% 61.7%
iCollege Alternative Provision
Newbury, RG14 1QY
Pupil Referral Unit 87 93% 63.4%
Trafford Alternative Education Provision
Altrincham, WA14 1SR
Pupil Referral Unit 98 94.3% 62.3%
Launchpad Centre
St Helens, WA10 1UH
Pupil Referral Unit 103 100% 74.2%
Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service
Rochdale, OL16 2XW
Pupil Referral Unit 173 92.7% 69.9%
Lionheart School
Newport, PO30 5HZ
Pupil Referral Unit 124 46.8% 68.1%
Oswaldtwistle School
Accrington, BB5 3DA
Pupil Referral Unit 100 100% 70.8%
Shaftesbury High School
Chorley, PR7 3NQ
Pupil Referral Unit 123 51.9% 61.3%
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service
Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG
Pupil Referral Unit 106 67.5% 55%
Highfields College
Stockport, SK5 8DR
Pupil Referral Unit 219 100% 65.9%
Willow Vale School
Taunton, TA1 2JD
Pupil Referral Unit 81 56.7% 61.7%
Kingsland School
Oldham, OL1 4HX
Pupil Referral Unit 114 100% 72.1%
The Acorns School
Ormskirk, L39 4QX
Pupil Referral Unit 89 43.2% 64.9%
The Clifton Centre
Manchester, M27 8GW
Pupil Referral Unit 99 97.9% 68.8%
The Link School
Sunderland, SR3 4EE
Pupil Referral Unit 181 81.7% 72%
New Heights High School
Liverpool, L9 7HA
Pupil Referral Unit 110 83.2% 75.7%
Oakfield School
Shepshed, LE12 9DB
Pupil Referral Unit 187 62% 56%