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 143 100% 40.4%
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit
London, SE9 6HR 		Pupil Referral Unit 199 99% 40.8%
New River College Secondary
London, N7 8RH 		Pupil Referral Unit 121 100% 64.3%
Pavilion Study Centre
London, N20 9DX 		Pupil Referral Unit 129 100% 62.5%
Foundry College
Wokingham, RG40 1PX 		Pupil Referral Unit 55 100% 50%
Orchardside School
Enfield, EN1 4RL 		Pupil Referral Unit 67 90.2% 56.9%
The Helix Education Centre
Harrow, HA3 6DH 		Pupil Referral Unit 68 97.2% 44.4%
Gillford Centre
Carlisle, CA2 4JE 		Pupil Referral Unit 76 100% 58.8%
The Bridge Education Centre
Eastleigh, SO50 9DB 		Pupil Referral Unit 93 100% 55.6%
Danesgate Community
York, YO10 4PB 		Pupil Referral Unit 199 98.9% 58.1%
EOTAS Swindon
Swindon, SN2 1HL 		Pupil Referral Unit 143 100% 62.1%
iCollege Alternative Provision
Newbury, RG14 1QY 		Pupil Referral Unit 111 90.2% 62.2%
Dacorum Education Support Centre
Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS 		Pupil Referral Unit 47 83.3% 50%
Haringey Learning Partnership
London, N22 8DZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 117 100% 31%
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical)
Willenhall, WV13 2QJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 91 97.8% 52.8%
Pathways Learning Centre
Bristol, BS16 2RQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 142 100% 54.2%
Rise Carr College
Darlington, DL3 0NS 		Pupil Referral Unit 86 100% 61.9%
Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases
Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 6BX 		Pupil Referral Unit 55 100% 49.1%
Ealing Alternative Provision
London, W13 0LR 		Pupil Referral Unit 102 100% 56.3%
Brent River College
London, NW9 9AE 		Pupil Referral Unit 53 95% 47.5%
Lionheart School
Newport, PO30 5HZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 113 100% 68%
McKee College House
Poulton, FY6 7AQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 110 100% 56.9%
Christchurch Learning Centre
Christchurch, BH23 1PJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 38 100% 45.8%
Highfields College
Stockport, SK5 8DR 		Pupil Referral Unit 192 100% 63.4%
New Regent's College
London, N1 7RD 		Pupil Referral Unit 129 95.2% 62.7%
Inspired Pathways
Coventry, CV6 2HD 		Pupil Referral Unit 53 100% 50%
Children's Support Service
Wickford, SS11 7JZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 189 97.8% 40.7%
Bridge Street School
Derby, DE1 3LB 		Pupil Referral Unit 228 98.2% 56.4%
Kite Ridge School
High Wycombe, HP12 3NE 		Pupil Referral Unit 8 100% 37.5%
Pinderfields Hospital PRU
Wakefield, WF2 0LW 		Pupil Referral Unit 113 100% 40.9%

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 143 Sign in to see
New River College Secondary
London, N7 8RH 		Pupil Referral Unit 121
Pavilion Study Centre
London, N20 9DX 		Pupil Referral Unit 129
Orchardside School
Enfield, EN1 4RL 		Pupil Referral Unit 67
Tunmarsh School
London, E13 9NB 		Pupil Referral Unit 116
Meadow Park School
Knowsley, L28 1RX 		Pupil Referral Unit 152
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre
South Shields, NE34 0QA 		Pupil Referral Unit 104
The Bridge Education Centre
Eastleigh, SO50 9DB 		Pupil Referral Unit 93
Greenwood School
Southampton, SO45 5UQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 53
Danesgate Community
York, YO10 4PB 		Pupil Referral Unit 199
Stevenage Education Support Centre
Stevenage, SG2 9HQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 52
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit
Redditch, B98 7UZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 9
Trafford Alternative Education Provision
Altrincham, WA14 1SR 		Pupil Referral Unit 96
West Sussex Alternative Provision College
Burgess Hill, RH15 8RE 		Pupil Referral Unit 363
The Woodbridge Park Education Service
Isleworth, TW7 5ED 		Pupil Referral Unit 206
Haringey Learning Partnership
London, N22 8DZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 117
Educational Diversity
Blackpool, FY3 9JW 		Pupil Referral Unit 165
Compass School
Southampton, SO16 9FQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 92
The St Aubyn Centre Education Department
Colchester, CO4 5HG 		Pupil Referral Unit 13
The Bridge School
Runcorn, WA7 1PW 		Pupil Referral Unit 95
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service
Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG 		Pupil Referral Unit 118
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils)
London, SE15 6LF 		Pupil Referral Unit 55
The Rosewood School
West Malling, ME19 5FF 		Pupil Referral Unit 115
Enterprise Learning Alliance
Margate, CT9 4JA 		Pupil Referral Unit 87
The Clifton Centre
Manchester, M27 8GW 		Pupil Referral Unit 104
Hawkswood Primary PRU
London, E4 7RT 		Pupil Referral Unit 16
New Heights High School
Liverpool, L9 7HA 		Pupil Referral Unit 103
Bridge Street School
Derby, DE1 3LB 		Pupil Referral Unit 228
Hawkswood (Therapeutic)
Chingford, E4 7RT 		Pupil Referral Unit 15
Voyage Learning Campus
Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX 		Pupil Referral Unit 84