Birchwood

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.

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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
Birchwood
(Your chosen school) 		Pupil Referral Unit 24 0% 0%
Foundry College
Wokingham, RG40 1PX 		Pupil Referral Unit 49 91.7% 50%
Triple Crown Centre
Solihull, B91 2HW 		Pupil Referral Unit 23 0% 0%
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%
CAMHS Phoenix School
Wokingham, RG41 2RE 		Pupil Referral Unit 8 0% 0%
Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service
Cheltenham, GL50 3EW 		Pupil Referral Unit 151 0% 0%
Victoria Drive Primary Pupil Referral Unit
London, SW19 6HR 		Pupil Referral Unit 50 0% 0%
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%
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%
Ancora House School
Chester, CH2 1BQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 48 100% 10.5%
Ashley College
Wembley, HA9 8NP 		Pupil Referral Unit 36 100% 0%
Devon Hospitals' Short Stay School
Exeter, EX2 5DW 		Pupil Referral Unit 4 0% 0%
The Hope Service
Guildford, GU2 9RS 		Pupil Referral Unit 25 0% 0%
Burton PRU
Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0HR 		Pupil Referral Unit 50 48.6% 54.3%
Sutton Tuition and Reintegration Service
Carshalton, SM5 4NR 		Pupil Referral Unit 57 0% 0%
The Rosewood School
West Malling, ME19 5FF 		Pupil Referral Unit 98 100% 0%
Enterprise Learning Alliance
Margate, CT9 4JA 		Pupil Referral Unit 78 0% 0%
Hawkswood Primary PRU
London, E4 7RT 		Pupil Referral Unit 16 0% 0%
Poplar Adolescent Unit
Rochford, SS4 1RB 		Pupil Referral Unit 10 0% 0%
Hawkswood Therapeutic
Chingford, E4 7RT 		Pupil Referral Unit 20 0% 0%
Kite Ridge School
High Wycombe, HP12 3NE 		Pupil Referral Unit 10 100% 50%
Horizon School
Lowestoft, NR32 4TD 		Pupil Referral Unit 42 0% 0%