Christchurch Learning 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
Christchurch Learning Centre (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	40	100%	50%
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%
Pace St Helens, WA9 2LH	Pupil Referral Unit	19	100%	56.3%
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%
South Cumbria Pupil Referral Service Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9HU	Pupil Referral Unit	33	93.6%	54.8%
Greenwood School Southampton, SO45 5UQ	Pupil Referral Unit	44	100%	63.2%
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%
Chessbrook Education Support Centre Watford, WD18 6LJ	Pupil Referral Unit	29	100%	42.9%
Perryfields Primary Pupil Referral Unit Worcester, WR2 5AX	Pupil Referral Unit	22	100%	45.5%
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit Redditch, B98 7UZ	Pupil Referral Unit	10	100%	62.5%
Dacorum Education Support Centre Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS	Pupil Referral Unit	52	81.8%	45.5%
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%
The Forum Centre Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX	Pupil Referral Unit	80	100%	63.2%
Kettlebrook Short Stay School Tamworth, B77 1AL	Pupil Referral Unit	44	100%	45.5%
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	47	97.3%	59.5%
Redbridge Alternative Provision Ilford, IG6 1PU	Pupil Referral Unit	24	100%	46.7%
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	65	91.3%	58.7%
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%
New Directions London, E16 2LS	Pupil Referral Unit	34	100%	42.9%
Inspired Pathways Coventry, CV6 2HD	Pupil Referral Unit	58	100%	50%
Hambleton/Richmondshire Pupil Referral Service Northallerton, DL6 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	29	87%	47.8%
Kite Ridge School High Wycombe, HP12 3NE	Pupil Referral Unit	10	100%	50%
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
Christchurch Learning Centre (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	40	Sign in to see
Heath School London, NW3 2NY	Pupil Referral Unit	61
Moat House Stockport, SK4 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	20
South Cumbria Pupil Referral Service Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9HU	Pupil Referral Unit	33
CAMHS Phoenix School Wokingham, RG41 2RE	Pupil Referral Unit	8
Perryfields Primary Pupil Referral Unit Worcester, WR2 5AX	Pupil Referral Unit	22
The Horizon School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, TS25 4BY	Pupil Referral Unit	109
Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service Cheltenham, GL50 3EW	Pupil Referral Unit	151
Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 6BX	Pupil Referral Unit	53
The Forum Centre Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX	Pupil Referral Unit	80
Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit Scarborough, YO11 2PG	Pupil Referral Unit	29
Kettlebrook Short Stay School Tamworth, B77 1AL	Pupil Referral Unit	44
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	124
Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus Morden, SM4 6PT	Pupil Referral Unit	97
Oswaldtwistle School Accrington, BB5 3DA	Pupil Referral Unit	100
Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 9JA	Pupil Referral Unit	25
South Somerset Partnership School Yeovil, BA21 4EN	Pupil Referral Unit	51
Willow Vale School Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	81
Ashley College Wembley, HA9 8NP	Pupil Referral Unit	36
The Hope Service Guildford, GU2 9RS	Pupil Referral Unit	25
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
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY	Pupil Referral Unit	45
North West Surrey Short Stay School Woking, GU21 6NT	Pupil Referral Unit	29
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