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	86	90.2%	37.3%
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%
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	110	100%	41.7%
Albright Education Centre Tipton, DY4 7NR	Pupil Referral Unit	152	95%	45%
The Pendlebury Centre Stockport, SK3 0RJ	Pupil Referral Unit	41	100%	28.6%
Moat House Stockport, SK4 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	20	71.4%	35.7%
Wandsworth Hospital and Home Tuition Service London, SW17 0YG	Pupil Referral Unit	48	66.7%	33.3%
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%
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%
Stevenage Education Support Centre Stevenage, SG2 9HQ	Pupil Referral Unit	120	100%	50%
Perryfields Primary Pupil Referral Unit Worcester, WR2 5AX	Pupil Referral Unit	22	100%	45.5%
Dacorum Education Support Centre Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS	Pupil Referral Unit	52	81.8%	45.5%
Haringey Learning Partnership London, N22 8DZ	Pupil Referral Unit	144	100%	25%
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%
Kettlebrook Short Stay School Tamworth, B77 1AL	Pupil Referral Unit	44	100%	45.5%
Northgate School Edgware, HA8 0AD	Pupil Referral Unit	22	87.5%	37.5%
The Key Education Centre Gosport, PO13 0SG	Pupil Referral Unit	122	100%	41%
Redbridge Alternative Provision Ilford, IG6 1PU	Pupil Referral Unit	24	100%	46.7%
Christchurch Learning Centre Christchurch, BH23 1PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	40	100%	50%
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	106	67.5%	55%
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%
Children's Support Service Wickford, SS11 7JZ	Pupil Referral Unit	164	100%	46.1%
Pinderfields Hospital PRU Wakefield, WF2 0LW	Pupil Referral Unit	116	100%	45.2%

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	86	Sign in to see
Camden Primary Pupil Referral Unit London, NW1 3EX	Pupil Referral Unit	20
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit London, SE9 6HR	Pupil Referral Unit	211
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	91
London East Alternative Provision London, E1 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	189
Pavilion Study Centre London, N20 9DX	Pupil Referral Unit	138
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	110
City of Birmingham School Birmingham, B11 4LX	Pupil Referral Unit	461
Albright Education Centre Tipton, DY4 7NR	Pupil Referral Unit	152
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	145
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	97
The Woodlands Ferryhill, DL17 8AN	Pupil Referral Unit	499
Stepping Stones School Lancaster, LA1 4HT	Pupil Referral Unit	28
Larches High School Preston, PR1 6AA	Pupil Referral Unit	128
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	195
EOTAS Swindon Swindon, SN2 1HL	Pupil Referral Unit	152
Abbey Manor College London, SE12 8JP	Pupil Referral Unit	116
West Sussex Alternative Provision College Burgess Hill, RH15 8RE	Pupil Referral Unit	380
Ealing Alternative Provision London, W13 0LR	Pupil Referral Unit	74
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	99
Bristol Hospital Education Service Bristol, BS6 5JL	Pupil Referral Unit	277
The Key Education Centre Gosport, PO13 0SG	Pupil Referral Unit	122
The St Aubyn Centre Education Department Colchester, CO4 5HG	Pupil Referral Unit	23
New Regent's College London, N1 7RD	Pupil Referral Unit	105
The Altus School Gloucester, GL4 0RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	218
The Link School Sunderland, SR3 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	181
Rivers Education Support Centre Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA	Pupil Referral Unit	41
Manchester Secondary PRU Chorlton, M21 7JJ	Pupil Referral Unit	214
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211
Horizon School Lowestoft, NR32 4TD	Pupil Referral Unit	42