South Somerset Partnership School

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
South Somerset Partnership School (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	51	100%	62.9%
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	91	98.6%	64.4%
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%
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%
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%
The Linden Centre Telford, TF3 5BT	Pupil Referral Unit	67	100%	68.6%
Dorchester Learning Centre Dorchester, DT2 9PS	Pupil Referral Unit	88	96.3%	70.4%
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit Redditch, B98 7UZ	Pupil Referral Unit	10	100%	62.5%
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	87	93%	63.4%
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%
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	65	91.3%	58.7%
Christchurch Learning Centre Christchurch, BH23 1PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	40	100%	50%
Tor School Glastonbury, BA6 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	49	100%	56.7%
Taunton Deane Partnership College Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	59	97.7%	69.8%
Maple Medical PRU Doncaster, DN4 9HT	Pupil Referral Unit	45	100%	66.7%
Rivers Education Support Centre Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA	Pupil Referral Unit	41	100%	73.3%
The Buckinghamshire Primary Pupil Referral Unit Aylesbury, HP19 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	50	100%	66.7%
The Bridge Short Stay School Ellesmere Port, CH65 7EP	Pupil Referral Unit	59	100%	72.9%
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
South Somerset Partnership School (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	51	Sign in to see
Heath School London, NW3 2NY	Pupil Referral Unit	61
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
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
North Herts Education Support Centre Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY	Pupil Referral Unit	52
The Horizon School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, TS25 4BY	Pupil Referral Unit	109
The Forum Centre Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX	Pupil Referral Unit	80
Elmbrook School Leicester, LE5 1DT	Pupil Referral Unit	33
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
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	123
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	65
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	219
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
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
Rivers Education Support Centre Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA	Pupil Referral Unit	41
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
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	23
Central Hub Brighton Brighton, BN1 7FP	Pupil Referral Unit	115
Pinderfields Hospital PRU Wakefield, WF2 0LW	Pupil Referral Unit	116