Ancora House 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
Ancora House School
(Your chosen school) 		Pupil Referral Unit 48 100% 10.5%
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%
Pace
St Helens, WA9 2LH 		Pupil Referral Unit 19 100% 56.3%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus
Morden, SM4 6PT 		Pupil Referral Unit 97 50% 24%
The Key Education Centre
Gosport, PO13 0SG 		Pupil Referral Unit 122 100% 41%
The Surrey Teaching Centre
Tadworth, KT20 5RU 		Pupil Referral Unit 17 100% 0%
Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit
Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 9JA 		Pupil Referral Unit 25 100% 0%
The St Aubyn Centre Education Department
Colchester, CO4 5HG 		Pupil Referral Unit 23 100% 0%
Redbridge Alternative Provision
Ilford, IG6 1PU 		Pupil Referral Unit 24 100% 46.7%
Avenue Centre for Education
Luton, LU1 3NJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 86 90.2% 37.3%
Pilgrim Pathways School
Cambridge, CB21 5EE 		Pupil Referral Unit 33 40% 20%
Ashley College
Wembley, HA9 8NP 		Pupil Referral Unit 36 100% 0%
New Directions
London, E16 2LS 		Pupil Referral Unit 34 100% 42.9%
The Rosewood School
West Malling, ME19 5FF 		Pupil Referral Unit 98 100% 0%
Hambleton/Richmondshire Pupil Referral Service
Northallerton, DL6 1SZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 29 87% 47.8%
Pinderfields Hospital PRU
Wakefield, WF2 0LW 		Pupil Referral Unit 116 100% 45.2%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 0 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