Avenue Centre for Education

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
Avenue Centre for Education (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	95	33.8%	42.9%
London East Alternative Provision London, E1 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	215	57.6%	52.8%
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%
The Constance Bridgeman Centre Ilford, IG1 2UT	Pupil Referral Unit	31	0%	64%
Moat House Stockport, SK4 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	17	90.9%	45.5%
Wandsworth Hospital and Home Tuition Service London, SW17 0YG	Pupil Referral Unit	40	85.7%	57.1%
Abbey Manor College London, SE12 8JP	Pupil Referral Unit	132	39.8%	57.4%
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	83	79.7%	64.4%
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%
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	96	67.2%	69%
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	91	97.8%	52.8%
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	51	74.2%	54.8%
Mayesbrook Park School Dagenham, RM9 6TJ	Pupil Referral Unit	180	43.2%	36.5%
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	53	95%	47.5%
Northgate School Edgware, HA8 0AD	Pupil Referral Unit	30	50%	62.5%
Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus Morden, SM4 6PT	Pupil Referral Unit	100	50%	27.8%
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	138	47.6%	62.1%
Redbridge Alternative Provision Ilford, IG6 1PU	Pupil Referral Unit	32	66.7%	52.4%
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	118	55.2%	53.7%
The Bridge School Sedgemoor Bridgwater, TA6 5HT	Pupil Referral Unit	83	45.8%	47.5%
The Acorns School Ormskirk, L39 4QX	Pupil Referral Unit	93	61.2%	59.7%
Burton PRU Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0HR	Pupil Referral Unit	55	38.5%	34.6%
Rivers Education Support Centre Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA	Pupil Referral Unit	49	58.6%	69%
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY	Pupil Referral Unit	40	58.6%	72.4%
North West Surrey Short Stay School Woking, GU21 6NT	Pupil Referral Unit	21	84.2%	57.9%
Children's Support Service Wickford, SS11 7JZ	Pupil Referral Unit	189	97.8%	40.7%
Burnside Secondary PRU London, E4 8YJ	Pupil Referral Unit	28	78.3%	39.1%
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
Avenue Centre for Education (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	95	Sign in to see
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 0EA	Pupil Referral Unit	84
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	116
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	152
The Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	48
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	68
North Herts Education Support Centre Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY	Pupil Referral Unit	21
Chessbrook Education Support Centre Watford, WD18 6LJ	Pupil Referral Unit	29
Stevenage Education Support Centre Stevenage, SG2 9HQ	Pupil Referral Unit	52
Abbey Manor College London, SE12 8JP	Pupil Referral Unit	132
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit Redditch, B98 7UZ	Pupil Referral Unit	9
Dacorum Education Support Centre Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS	Pupil Referral Unit	47
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	96
The Woodbridge Park Education Service Isleworth, TW7 5ED	Pupil Referral Unit	206
Pathways Learning Centre Bristol, BS16 2RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	142
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	86
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	53
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
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	58
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	118
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	192
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	126
Sycamore Short Stay School Dudley, DY1 3QE	Pupil Referral Unit	28
The Rosewood School West Malling, ME19 5FF	Pupil Referral Unit	115
Enterprise Learning Alliance Margate, CT9 4JA	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Rivers Education Support Centre Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA	Pupil Referral Unit	49
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	84