Oswaldtwistle School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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
Oswaldtwistle School (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	100	100%	70.8%
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	91	98.6%	64.4%
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	145	100%	82.3%
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%
South Cumbria Pupil Referral Service Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9HU	Pupil Referral Unit	33	93.6%	54.8%
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%
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%
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	141	72.2%	59.1%
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	64	94.7%	68.4%
The New Broadwalk PRU Swinton, M27 8QL	Pupil Referral Unit	44	97.2%	83.3%
Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service Rochdale, OL16 2XW	Pupil Referral Unit	173	92.7%	69.9%
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	99	100%	67.5%
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Manchester, M20 3FB	Pupil Referral Unit	125	100%	87%
The Bridge School Runcorn, WA7 1PW	Pupil Referral Unit	84	100%	82.4%
New Regent's College London, N1 7RD	Pupil Referral Unit	105	100%	77.2%
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%
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%

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
Oswaldtwistle School (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	100	Sign in to see
Heath School London, NW3 2NY	Pupil Referral Unit	61
Pace St Helens, WA9 2LH	Pupil Referral Unit	19
The Pendlebury Centre Stockport, SK3 0RJ	Pupil Referral Unit	41
Moat House Stockport, SK4 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	20
Moorbridge Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 0HJ	Pupil Referral Unit	315
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	75
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	81
South Cumbria Pupil Referral Service Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9HU	Pupil Referral Unit	33
The Horizon School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, TS25 4BY	Pupil Referral Unit	109
Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 6BX	Pupil Referral Unit	53
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	141
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	124
Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus Morden, SM4 6PT	Pupil Referral Unit	97
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Manchester, M20 3FB	Pupil Referral Unit	125
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	123
Christchurch Learning Centre Christchurch, BH23 1PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	40
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	219
South Somerset Partnership School Yeovil, BA21 4EN	Pupil Referral Unit	51
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	114
The Acorns School Ormskirk, L39 4QX	Pupil Referral Unit	89
Burton PRU Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0HR	Pupil Referral Unit	50
New Directions London, E16 2LS	Pupil Referral Unit	34
Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision Maidstone, ME16 8AU	Pupil Referral Unit	46
Hambleton/Richmondshire Pupil Referral Service Northallerton, DL6 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	29
Rivers Education Support Centre Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA	Pupil Referral Unit	41
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY	Pupil Referral Unit	45
Children's Support Service Wickford, SS11 7JZ	Pupil Referral Unit	164
Central Hub Brighton Brighton, BN1 7FP	Pupil Referral Unit	115
Pinderfields Hospital PRU Wakefield, WF2 0LW	Pupil Referral Unit	116