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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
New Directions (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	34	100%	42.9%
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	91	98.6%	64.4%
Foundry College Wokingham, RG40 1PX	Pupil Referral Unit	49	91.7%	50%
Orchardside School Enfield, EN1 4RL	Pupil Referral Unit	68	61.5%	53.8%
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%
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%
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%
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	47	97.3%	59.5%
Northgate School Edgware, HA8 0AD	Pupil Referral Unit	22	87.5%	37.5%
Redbridge Alternative Provision Ilford, IG6 1PU	Pupil Referral Unit	24	100%	46.7%
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%
Avenue Centre for Education Luton, LU1 3NJ	Pupil Referral Unit	86	90.2%	37.3%
Tor School Glastonbury, BA6 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	49	100%	56.7%
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%
Kite Ridge School High Wycombe, HP12 3NE	Pupil Referral Unit	10	100%	50%

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
New Directions (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	34	Sign in to see
Heath School London, NW3 2NY	Pupil Referral Unit	61
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 8HE	Pupil Referral Unit	69
Malden Oaks School and Tuition Service Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5QY	Pupil Referral Unit	272
Moat House Stockport, SK4 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	20
Moorbridge Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 0HJ	Pupil Referral Unit	315
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	81
Perryfields Primary Pupil Referral Unit Worcester, WR2 5AX	Pupil Referral Unit	22
The Horizon School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, TS25 4BY	Pupil Referral Unit	109
Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 6BX	Pupil Referral Unit	53
Brent River College London, NW9 9AE	Pupil Referral Unit	47
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	124
Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus Morden, SM4 6PT	Pupil Referral Unit	97
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Manchester, M20 3FB	Pupil Referral Unit	125
Oswaldtwistle School Accrington, BB5 3DA	Pupil Referral Unit	100
Christchurch Learning Centre Christchurch, BH23 1PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	40
South Somerset Partnership School Yeovil, BA21 4EN	Pupil Referral Unit	51
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	114
Ashley College Wembley, HA9 8NP	Pupil Referral Unit	36
The Acorns School Ormskirk, L39 4QX	Pupil Referral Unit	89
Burton PRU Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0HR	Pupil Referral Unit	50
Sutton Tuition and Reintegration Service Carshalton, SM5 4NR	Pupil Referral Unit	57
Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision Maidstone, ME16 8AU	Pupil Referral Unit	46
Hambleton/Richmondshire Pupil Referral Service Northallerton, DL6 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	29
Rivers Education Support Centre Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA	Pupil Referral Unit	41
North West Surrey Short Stay School Woking, GU21 6NT	Pupil Referral Unit	29
Children's Support Service Wickford, SS11 7JZ	Pupil Referral Unit	164
Burnside Secondary PRU London, E4 8YJ	Pupil Referral Unit	33
Central Hub Brighton Brighton, BN1 7FP	Pupil Referral Unit	115
Pinderfields Hospital PRU Wakefield, WF2 0LW	Pupil Referral Unit	116