Inspired Pathways

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
Inspired Pathways (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	58	100%	50%
Foundry College Wokingham, RG40 1PX	Pupil Referral Unit	49	91.7%	50%
The Helix Education Centre Harrow, HA3 6DH	Pupil Referral Unit	72	97.8%	45.7%
Albright Education Centre Tipton, DY4 7NR	Pupil Referral Unit	152	95%	45%
Pace St Helens, WA9 2LH	Pupil Referral Unit	19	100%	56.3%
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%
Greenwood School Southampton, SO45 5UQ	Pupil Referral Unit	44	100%	63.2%
The Linden Centre Telford, TF3 5BT	Pupil Referral Unit	67	100%	68.6%
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%
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit Redditch, B98 7UZ	Pupil Referral Unit	10	100%	62.5%
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	99	70%	61.7%
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%
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%
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%
New Directions London, E16 2LS	Pupil Referral Unit	34	100%	42.9%
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
Inspired Pathways (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	58	Sign in to see
Foundry College Wokingham, RG40 1PX	Pupil Referral Unit	49
The Helix Education Centre Harrow, HA3 6DH	Pupil Referral Unit	72
The Constance Bridgeman Centre Ilford, IG1 2UT	Pupil Referral Unit	23
Triple Crown Centre Solihull, B91 2HW	Pupil Referral Unit	23
Pace St Helens, WA9 2LH	Pupil Referral Unit	19
Jigsaw Primary Pupil Referral Unit Liverpool, L23 1TY	Pupil Referral Unit	18
The Linden Centre Telford, TF3 5BT	Pupil Referral Unit	67
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	99
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
Launchpad Centre St Helens, WA10 1UH	Pupil Referral Unit	103
Victoria Drive Primary Pupil Referral Unit London, SW19 6HR	Pupil Referral Unit	50
Kettlebrook Short Stay School Tamworth, B77 1AL	Pupil Referral Unit	44
Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 9JA	Pupil Referral Unit	25
Redbridge Alternative Provision Ilford, IG6 1PU	Pupil Referral Unit	24
Ashley College Wembley, HA9 8NP	Pupil Referral Unit	36
The Hope Service Guildford, GU2 9RS	Pupil Referral Unit	25
Burton PRU Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0HR	Pupil Referral Unit	50
Sutton Tuition and Reintegration Service Carshalton, SM5 4NR	Pupil Referral Unit	57
Birchwood Folkestone, CT19 4FP	Pupil Referral Unit	24
Poplar Adolescent Unit Rochford, SS4 1RB	Pupil Referral Unit	10
Craven Pupil Referral Service Skipton, BD23 2QS	Pupil Referral Unit	20
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	23
The Buckinghamshire Primary Pupil Referral Unit Aylesbury, HP19 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	50
Oakfield School Shepshed, LE12 9DB	Pupil Referral Unit	187
The Rubicon Centre Selby, YO8 4AN	Pupil Referral Unit	25
Kite Ridge School High Wycombe, HP12 3NE	Pupil Referral Unit	10
The Bridge Short Stay School Ellesmere Port, CH65 7EP	Pupil Referral Unit	59