Compass School

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
Compass School (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	99	100%	67.5%
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%
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%
The Bridge Education Centre Eastleigh, SO50 9DB	Pupil Referral Unit	99	100%	60%
Greenwood School Southampton, SO45 5UQ	Pupil Referral Unit	44	100%	63.2%
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%
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%
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	64	94.7%	68.4%
Oswaldtwistle School Accrington, BB5 3DA	Pupil Referral Unit	100	100%	70.8%
New Regent's College London, N1 7RD	Pupil Referral Unit	105	100%	77.2%
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%
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%
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%
Rotherham Aspire Rotherham, S62 5AF	Pupil Referral Unit	118	100%	77.1%
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%
Central Hub Brighton Brighton, BN1 7FP	Pupil Referral Unit	115	100%	81.6%

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
Compass School (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	99	Sign in to see
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit London, SE9 6HR	Pupil Referral Unit	211
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 Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	37
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	97
Larches High School Preston, PR1 6AA	Pupil Referral Unit	128
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	195
EOTAS Swindon Swindon, SN2 1HL	Pupil Referral Unit	152
Abbey Manor College London, SE12 8JP	Pupil Referral Unit	116
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit Redditch, B98 7UZ	Pupil Referral Unit	10
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	98
West Sussex Alternative Provision College Burgess Hill, RH15 8RE	Pupil Referral Unit	380
The Woodbridge Park Education Service Isleworth, TW7 5ED	Pupil Referral Unit	186
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	87
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	141
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	47
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	124
The Key Education Centre Gosport, PO13 0SG	Pupil Referral Unit	122
The St Aubyn Centre Education Department Colchester, CO4 5HG	Pupil Referral Unit	23
The Bridge School Runcorn, WA7 1PW	Pupil Referral Unit	84
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	219
The Altus School Gloucester, GL4 0RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	218
The Rosewood School West Malling, ME19 5FF	Pupil Referral Unit	98
Enterprise Learning Alliance Margate, CT9 4JA	Pupil Referral Unit	78
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	73
Central Hub Brighton Brighton, BN1 7FP	Pupil Referral Unit	115