The Key Education Centre

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
The Key Education Centre (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	122	100%	41%
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit London, SE9 6HR	Pupil Referral Unit	211	99.5%	43.5%
Foundry College Wokingham, RG40 1PX	Pupil Referral Unit	49	91.7%	50%
The Helix Education Centre Harrow, HA3 6DH	Pupil Referral Unit	72	97.8%	45.7%
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	110	100%	41.7%
Albright Education Centre Tipton, DY4 7NR	Pupil Referral Unit	152	95%	45%
The Pendlebury Centre Stockport, SK3 0RJ	Pupil Referral Unit	41	100%	28.6%
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	75	100%	55.4%
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%
EOTAS Swindon Swindon, SN2 1HL	Pupil Referral Unit	152	100%	54.8%
North Herts Education Support Centre Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY	Pupil Referral Unit	52	100%	50%
Chessbrook Education Support Centre Watford, WD18 6LJ	Pupil Referral Unit	29	100%	42.9%
Stevenage Education Support Centre Stevenage, SG2 9HQ	Pupil Referral Unit	120	100%	50%
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	87	93%	63.4%
Dacorum Education Support Centre Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS	Pupil Referral Unit	52	81.8%	45.5%
Haringey Learning Partnership London, N22 8DZ	Pupil Referral Unit	144	100%	25%
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	69	97%	57.6%
Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 6BX	Pupil Referral Unit	53	100%	54.2%
Ealing Alternative Provision London, W13 0LR	Pupil Referral Unit	74	100%	55.4%
Kettlebrook Short Stay School Tamworth, B77 1AL	Pupil Referral Unit	44	100%	45.5%
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	99	100%	67.5%
Christchurch Learning Centre Christchurch, BH23 1PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	40	100%	50%
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	106	67.5%	55%
Avenue Centre for Education Luton, LU1 3NJ	Pupil Referral Unit	86	90.2%	37.3%
New Directions London, E16 2LS	Pupil Referral Unit	34	100%	42.9%
Inspired Pathways Coventry, CV6 2HD	Pupil Referral Unit	58	100%	50%
Children's Support Service Wickford, SS11 7JZ	Pupil Referral Unit	164	100%	46.1%
Kite Ridge School High Wycombe, HP12 3NE	Pupil Referral Unit	10	100%	50%
Pinderfields Hospital PRU Wakefield, WF2 0LW	Pupil Referral Unit	116	100%	45.2%

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
The Key Education Centre (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	122	Sign in to see
Pavilion Study Centre London, N20 9DX	Pupil Referral Unit	138
Orchardside School Enfield, EN1 4RL	Pupil Referral Unit	68
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
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	97
The Bridge Education Centre Eastleigh, SO50 9DB	Pupil Referral Unit	99
Greenwood School Southampton, SO45 5UQ	Pupil Referral Unit	44
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	195
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
Haringey Learning Partnership London, N22 8DZ	Pupil Referral Unit	144
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	99
The Surrey Teaching Centre Tadworth, KT20 5RU	Pupil Referral Unit	17
The St Aubyn Centre Education Department Colchester, CO4 5HG	Pupil Referral Unit	23
The Bridge School Runcorn, WA7 1PW	Pupil Referral Unit	84
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	106
New Regent's College London, N1 7RD	Pupil Referral Unit	105
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils) London, SE15 6LF	Pupil Referral Unit	60
The Rosewood School West Malling, ME19 5FF	Pupil Referral Unit	98
Enterprise Learning Alliance Margate, CT9 4JA	Pupil Referral Unit	78
Hawkswood Primary PRU London, E4 7RT	Pupil Referral Unit	16
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	110
Hawkswood Therapeutic Chingford, E4 7RT	Pupil Referral Unit	20
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	73
Horizon School Lowestoft, NR32 4TD	Pupil Referral Unit	42