The Compass

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 Compass (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	65	91.3%	58.7%
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	91	98.6%	64.4%
Foundry College Wokingham, RG40 1PX	Pupil Referral Unit	49	91.7%	50%
The Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	37	84.6%	61.5%
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%
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%
Golden Hill Pupil Referral Unit Leyland, PR25 1QS	Pupil Referral Unit	50	79.1%	65.1%
Dorchester Learning Centre Dorchester, DT2 9PS	Pupil Referral Unit	88	96.3%	70.4%
North Herts Education Support Centre Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY	Pupil Referral Unit	52	100%	50%
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%
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	69	97%	57.6%
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	87	100%	62.7%
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%
The Forum Centre Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX	Pupil Referral Unit	80	100%	63.2%
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	64	94.7%	68.4%
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	47	97.3%	59.5%
Christchurch Learning Centre Christchurch, BH23 1PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	40	100%	50%
Tor School Glastonbury, BA6 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	49	100%	56.7%
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%
Willow Vale School Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	81	56.7%	61.7%
Inspired Pathways Coventry, CV6 2HD	Pupil Referral Unit	58	100%	50%
The Buckinghamshire Primary Pupil Referral Unit Aylesbury, HP19 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	50	100%	66.7%
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
The Compass (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	65	Sign in to see
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 8HE	Pupil Referral Unit	69
Malden Oaks School and Tuition Service Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5QY	Pupil Referral Unit	272
The Pendlebury Centre Stockport, SK3 0RJ	Pupil Referral Unit	41
The Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	37
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	75
Smannell Field School Andover, SP11 6JP	Pupil Referral Unit	29
Dorchester Learning Centre Dorchester, DT2 9PS	Pupil Referral Unit	88
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
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Dacorum Education Support Centre Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS	Pupil Referral Unit	52
Leicester Partnership School Leicester, LE2 3PR	Pupil Referral Unit	102
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	87
The Forum Centre Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX	Pupil Referral Unit	80
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	64
Mayesbrook Park School Dagenham, RM9 6TJ	Pupil Referral Unit	167
Elmbrook School Leicester, LE5 1DT	Pupil Referral Unit	33
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	47
The Surrey Teaching Centre Tadworth, KT20 5RU	Pupil Referral Unit	17
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	123
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	106
South Somerset Partnership School Yeovil, BA21 4EN	Pupil Referral Unit	51
Taunton Deane Partnership College Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	59
Willow Vale School Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	81
Sycamore Short Stay School Dudley, DY1 3QE	Pupil Referral Unit	31
Enterprise Learning Alliance Margate, CT9 4JA	Pupil Referral Unit	78
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	23
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	73