Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit

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
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	64	94.7%	68.4%
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	91	98.6%	64.4%
The Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	37	84.6%	61.5%
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	97	98.7%	83.3%
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	81	100%	62%
Smannell Field School Andover, SP11 6JP	Pupil Referral Unit	29	92.9%	64.3%
Greenwood School Southampton, SO45 5UQ	Pupil Referral Unit	44	100%	63.2%
Golden Hill Pupil Referral Unit Leyland, PR25 1QS	Pupil Referral Unit	50	79.1%	65.1%
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%
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	98	94.3%	62.3%
Leicester Partnership School Leicester, LE2 3PR	Pupil Referral Unit	102	94.4%	74.1%
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	87	100%	62.7%
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%
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	47	97.3%	59.5%
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%
Taunton Deane Partnership College Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	59	97.7%	69.8%
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils) London, SE15 6LF	Pupil Referral Unit	60	95%	77.5%
Maple Medical PRU Doncaster, DN4 9HT	Pupil Referral Unit	45	100%	66.7%
The Clifton Centre Manchester, M27 8GW	Pupil Referral Unit	99	97.9%	68.8%
Rivers Education Support Centre Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA	Pupil Referral Unit	41	100%	73.3%
North West Surrey Short Stay School Woking, GU21 6NT	Pupil Referral Unit	29	89.5%	73.7%
The Buckinghamshire Primary Pupil Referral Unit Aylesbury, HP19 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	50	100%	66.7%
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
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	64	Sign in to see
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 8HE	Pupil Referral Unit	69
Malden Oaks School and Tuition Service Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5QY	Pupil Referral Unit	272
The Pendlebury Centre Stockport, SK3 0RJ	Pupil Referral Unit	41
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	75
Smannell Field School Andover, SP11 6JP	Pupil Referral Unit	29
North Herts Education Support Centre Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY	Pupil Referral Unit	52
Chessbrook Education Support Centre Watford, WD18 6LJ	Pupil Referral Unit	29
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	99
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Dacorum Education Support Centre Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS	Pupil Referral Unit	52
The Horizon School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, TS25 4BY	Pupil Referral Unit	109
Leicester Partnership School Leicester, LE2 3PR	Pupil Referral Unit	102
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	69
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Mayesbrook Park School Dagenham, RM9 6TJ	Pupil Referral Unit	167
Elmbrook School Leicester, LE5 1DT	Pupil Referral Unit	33
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	47
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	124
The Surrey Teaching Centre Tadworth, KT20 5RU	Pupil Referral Unit	17
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	123
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	65
Taunton Deane Partnership College Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	59
Willow Vale School Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	81
Sycamore Short Stay School Dudley, DY1 3QE	Pupil Referral Unit	31
Enterprise Learning Alliance Margate, CT9 4JA	Pupil Referral Unit	78
Maple Medical PRU Doncaster, DN4 9HT	Pupil Referral Unit	45
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY	Pupil Referral Unit	45
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	23
Rotherham Aspire Rotherham, S62 5AF	Pupil Referral Unit	118