Schools we chose for benchmarking
This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.
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
School | Type | Number of pupils | Pupils with special educational needs | Pupils eligible for free school meals |
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Ancora House School
(Your chosen school) |
Pupil Referral Unit | 58 | 100% | 11.8% |
Foundry College
Wokingham, RG40 1PX |
Pupil Referral Unit | 55 | 100% | 50% |
The Helix Education Centre
Harrow, HA3 6DH |
Pupil Referral Unit | 68 | 97.2% | 44.4% |
Triple Crown Centre
Solihull, B91 2HW |
Pupil Referral Unit | 20 | 100% | 0% |
The Pendlebury Centre
Stockport, SK3 0RJ |
Pupil Referral Unit | 40 | 100% | 0% |
Moat House
Stockport, SK4 1SZ |
Pupil Referral Unit | 17 | 90.9% | 45.5% |
Gillford Centre
Carlisle, CA2 4JE |
Pupil Referral Unit | 76 | 100% | 58.8% |
Golden Hill Pupil Referral Unit
Leyland, PR25 1QS |
Pupil Referral Unit | 50 | 95.1% | 63.4% |
Chessbrook Education Support Centre
Watford, WD18 6LJ |
Pupil Referral Unit | 29 | 100% | 25% |
Dacorum Education Support Centre
Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS |
Pupil Referral Unit | 47 | 83.3% | 50% |
Haringey Learning Partnership
London, N22 8DZ |
Pupil Referral Unit | 117 | 100% | 31% |
Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases
Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 6BX |
Pupil Referral Unit | 55 | 100% | 49.1% |
Brent River College
London, NW9 9AE |
Pupil Referral Unit | 53 | 95% | 47.5% |
Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus
Morden, SM4 6PT |
Pupil Referral Unit | 100 | 50% | 27.8% |
The Key Education Centre
Gosport, PO13 0SG |
Pupil Referral Unit | 143 | 100% | 40.4% |
The Surrey Teaching Centre
Tadworth, KT20 5RU |
Pupil Referral Unit | 11 | 100% | 0% |
Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit
Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 9JA |
Pupil Referral Unit | 31 | 100% | 0% |
The St Aubyn Centre Education Department
Colchester, CO4 5HG |
Pupil Referral Unit | 13 | 100% | 0% |
McKee College House
Poulton, FY6 7AQ |
Pupil Referral Unit | 110 | 100% | 56.9% |
Christchurch Learning Centre
Christchurch, BH23 1PJ |
Pupil Referral Unit | 38 | 100% | 45.8% |
Ealing Primary Centre
London, UB6 8QJ |
Pupil Referral Unit | 16 | 100% | 25% |
Pilgrim Pathways School
Cambridge, CB21 5EE |
Pupil Referral Unit | 31 | 100% | 0% |
Ashley College
Wembley, HA9 8NP |
Pupil Referral Unit | 32 | 100% | 33.3% |
Burton PRU
Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0HR |
Pupil Referral Unit | 55 | 38.5% | 34.6% |
Inspired Pathways
Coventry, CV6 2HD |
Pupil Referral Unit | 53 | 100% | 50% |
Sutton Tuition and Reintegration Service
Carshalton, SM5 4NR |
Pupil Referral Unit | 54 | 100% | 0% |
The Rosewood School
West Malling, ME19 5FF |
Pupil Referral Unit | 115 | 100% | 0% |
Burnside Secondary PRU
London, E4 8YJ |
Pupil Referral Unit | 28 | 78.3% | 39.1% |
Kite Ridge School
High Wycombe, HP12 3NE |
Pupil Referral Unit | 8 | 100% | 37.5% |
Pinderfields Hospital PRU
Wakefield, WF2 0LW |
Pupil Referral Unit | 113 | 100% | 40.9% |