Willow Vale School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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
Willow Vale School (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	81	56.7%	61.7%
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	91	98.6%	64.4%
Orchardside School Enfield, EN1 4RL	Pupil Referral Unit	68	61.5%	53.8%
The Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	37	84.6%	61.5%
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%
Abbey Manor College London, SE12 8JP	Pupil Referral Unit	116	46.9%	62.5%
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	99	70%	61.7%
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	87	93%	63.4%
Dacorum Education Support Centre Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS	Pupil Referral Unit	52	81.8%	45.5%
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%
The Forum Centre Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX	Pupil Referral Unit	80	100%	63.2%
Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit Scarborough, YO11 2PG	Pupil Referral Unit	29	41.2%	64.7%
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	141	72.2%	59.1%
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	64	94.7%	68.4%
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	124	46.8%	68.1%
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	123	51.9%	61.3%
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	65	91.3%	58.7%
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	106	67.5%	55%
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%
The Acorns School Ormskirk, L39 4QX	Pupil Referral Unit	89	43.2%	64.9%
Burton PRU Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0HR	Pupil Referral Unit	50	48.6%	54.3%
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	110	83.2%	75.7%
Craven Pupil Referral Service Skipton, BD23 2QS	Pupil Referral Unit	20	70%	70%
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY	Pupil Referral Unit	45	64.1%	66.7%
Burnside Secondary PRU London, E4 8YJ	Pupil Referral Unit	33	52.6%	78.9%
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
Willow Vale School (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	81	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
Pace St Helens, WA9 2LH	Pupil Referral Unit	19
The Pendlebury Centre Stockport, SK3 0RJ	Pupil Referral Unit	41
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	75
South Cumbria Pupil Referral Service Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9HU	Pupil Referral Unit	33
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
The Horizon School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, TS25 4BY	Pupil Referral Unit	109
Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service Cheltenham, GL50 3EW	Pupil Referral Unit	151
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) Willenhall, WV13 2QJ	Pupil Referral Unit	69
The Forum Centre Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX	Pupil Referral Unit	80
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	64
Elmbrook School Leicester, LE5 1DT	Pupil Referral Unit	33
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	124
The Surrey Teaching Centre Tadworth, KT20 5RU	Pupil Referral Unit	17
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	123
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	65
South Somerset Partnership School Yeovil, BA21 4EN	Pupil Referral Unit	51
Taunton Deane Partnership College Taunton, TA1 2JD	Pupil Referral Unit	59
Sycamore Short Stay School Dudley, DY1 3QE	Pupil Referral Unit	31
Maple Medical PRU Doncaster, DN4 9HT	Pupil Referral Unit	45
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY	Pupil Referral Unit	45
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	23
Burnside Secondary PRU London, E4 8YJ	Pupil Referral Unit	33
Rotherham Aspire Rotherham, S62 5AF	Pupil Referral Unit	118