Shaftesbury High School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.

Choose your own set of schools

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
Shaftesbury High School
(Your chosen school) 		Pupil Referral Unit 123 51.9% 61.3%
London East Alternative Provision
London, E1 4EE 		Pupil Referral Unit 189 53.5% 49.5%
Orchardside School
Enfield, EN1 4RL 		Pupil Referral Unit 68 61.5% 53.8%
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%
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%
Abbey Manor College
London, SE12 8JP 		Pupil Referral Unit 116 46.9% 62.5%
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service
Hereford, HR1 2DY 		Pupil Referral Unit 99 70% 61.7%
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%
The Horizon School, Hartlepool
Hartlepool, TS25 4BY 		Pupil Referral Unit 109 50.6% 84.6%
Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit
Scarborough, YO11 2PG 		Pupil Referral Unit 29 41.2% 64.7%
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%
Mayesbrook Park School
Dagenham, RM9 6TJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 167 39.3% 52.4%
Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service
Rochdale, OL16 2XW 		Pupil Referral Unit 173 92.7% 69.9%
Lionheart School
Newport, PO30 5HZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 124 46.8% 68.1%
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%
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service
Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG 		Pupil Referral Unit 106 67.5% 55%
Willow Vale School
Taunton, TA1 2JD 		Pupil Referral Unit 81 56.7% 61.7%
Kingsland School
Oldham, OL1 4HX 		Pupil Referral Unit 114 100% 72.1%
The Acorns School
Ormskirk, L39 4QX 		Pupil Referral Unit 89 43.2% 64.9%
Burton PRU
Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0HR 		Pupil Referral Unit 50 48.6% 54.3%
The Clifton Centre
Manchester, M27 8GW 		Pupil Referral Unit 99 97.9% 68.8%
The Link School
Sunderland, SR3 4EE 		Pupil Referral Unit 181 81.7% 72%
New Heights High School
Liverpool, L9 7HA 		Pupil Referral Unit 110 83.2% 75.7%
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School
Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY 		Pupil Referral Unit 45 64.1% 66.7%
Oakfield School
Shepshed, LE12 9DB 		Pupil Referral Unit 187 62% 56%

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
Shaftesbury High School
(Your chosen school) 		Pupil Referral Unit 123 Sign in to see
Heath School
London, NW3 2NY 		Pupil Referral Unit 61
Foundry College
Wokingham, RG40 1PX 		Pupil Referral Unit 49
Malden Oaks School and Tuition Service
Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5QY 		Pupil Referral Unit 272
Pace
St Helens, WA9 2LH 		Pupil Referral Unit 19
Jigsaw Primary Pupil Referral Unit
Liverpool, L23 1TY 		Pupil Referral Unit 18
The Pendlebury Centre
Stockport, SK3 0RJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 41
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
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
The Horizon School, Hartlepool
Hartlepool, TS25 4BY 		Pupil Referral Unit 109
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical)
Willenhall, WV13 2QJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 69
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit
Cramlington, NE23 7EB 		Pupil Referral Unit 64
Elmbrook School
Leicester, LE5 1DT 		Pupil Referral Unit 33
Lionheart School
Newport, PO30 5HZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 124
The Surrey Teaching Centre
Tadworth, KT20 5RU 		Pupil Referral Unit 17
Taunton Deane Partnership College
Taunton, TA1 2JD 		Pupil Referral Unit 59
Willow Vale School
Taunton, TA1 2JD 		Pupil Referral Unit 81
Kingsland School
Oldham, OL1 4HX 		Pupil Referral Unit 114
Sycamore Short Stay School
Dudley, DY1 3QE 		Pupil Referral Unit 31
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
Burnside Secondary PRU
London, E4 8YJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 33
Rotherham Aspire
Rotherham, S62 5AF 		Pupil Referral Unit 118
The Bridge Short Stay School
Ellesmere Port, CH65 7EP 		Pupil Referral Unit 59