Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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
Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	47	100%	100%
Heath School London, NW3 2NY	Pupil Referral Unit	63	100%	77.4%
Camden Primary Pupil Referral Unit London, NW1 3EX	Pupil Referral Unit	19	100%	84.2%
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	152	100%	84.3%
Jigsaw Primary Pupil Referral Unit Liverpool, L23 1TY	Pupil Referral Unit	14	100%	71.4%
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	104	94.3%	74.3%
Rowhill School Aldershot, GU11 3JG	Pupil Referral Unit	50	100%	70.3%
Smannell Field School Andover, SP11 6JP	Pupil Referral Unit	25	100%	63.6%
Greenwood School Southampton, SO45 5UQ	Pupil Referral Unit	53	100%	69.6%
Stepping Stones School Lancaster, LA1 4HT	Pupil Referral Unit	34	100%	83.3%
Stevenage Education Support Centre Stevenage, SG2 9HQ	Pupil Referral Unit	52	100%	75%
The Forum Centre Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX	Pupil Referral Unit	81	100%	72.2%
Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit Scarborough, YO11 2PG	Pupil Referral Unit	23	50%	87.5%
The New Broadwalk PRU Swinton, M27 8QL	Pupil Referral Unit	41	100%	80.6%
Elmbrook School Leicester, LE5 1DT	Pupil Referral Unit	21	100%	83.3%
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	92	100%	87.2%
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	113	100%	68%
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Manchester, M20 3FB	Pupil Referral Unit	124	100%	92.9%
The Bridge School Runcorn, WA7 1PW	Pupil Referral Unit	95	100%	72.1%
The Compass Weymouth, DT4 0QU	Pupil Referral Unit	58	100%	73.8%
Tor School Glastonbury, BA6 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	35	100%	70.6%
Sycamore Short Stay School Dudley, DY1 3QE	Pupil Referral Unit	28	100%	90%
New Directions London, E16 2LS	Pupil Referral Unit	32	100%	83.3%
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils) London, SE15 6LF	Pupil Referral Unit	55	92.7%	78%
Hambleton/Richmondshire Pupil Referral Service Northallerton, DL6 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	26	88.5%	76.9%
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY	Pupil Referral Unit	40	58.6%	72.4%
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	34	100%	70%
The Buckinghamshire Primary Pupil Referral Unit Aylesbury, HP19 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	43	100%	100%
Rotherham Aspire Rotherham, S62 5AF	Pupil Referral Unit	135	100%	78.6%
Central Hub Brighton Brighton, BN1 7FP	Pupil Referral Unit	106	100%	74.5%

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
Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	47	Sign in to see
Moat House Stockport, SK4 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	17
Moorbridge Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 0HJ	Pupil Referral Unit	378
Rowhill School Aldershot, GU11 3JG	Pupil Referral Unit	50
Smannell Field School Andover, SP11 6JP	Pupil Referral Unit	25
CAMHS Phoenix School Wokingham, RG41 2RE	Pupil Referral Unit	7
Perryfields Primary Pupil Referral Unit Worcester, WR2 5AX	Pupil Referral Unit	21
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	111
Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 6BX	Pupil Referral Unit	55
Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit Scarborough, YO11 2PG	Pupil Referral Unit	23
Kettlebrook Short Stay School Tamworth, B77 1AL	Pupil Referral Unit	58
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	113
Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus Morden, SM4 6PT	Pupil Referral Unit	100
St Peter's Centre Egham, TW20 0RX	Pupil Referral Unit	25
Oswaldtwistle School Accrington, BB5 3DA	Pupil Referral Unit	101
McKee College House Poulton, FY6 7AQ	Pupil Referral Unit	110
Christchurch Learning Centre Christchurch, BH23 1PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	38
South Somerset Partnership School Yeovil, BA21 4EN	Pupil Referral Unit	62
The Hope Service Guildford, GU2 9RS	Pupil Referral Unit	15
The Acorns School Ormskirk, L39 4QX	Pupil Referral Unit	93
Burton PRU Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0HR	Pupil Referral Unit	55
New Directions London, E16 2LS	Pupil Referral Unit	32
Two Bridges School Tunbridge Wells, TN4 0DS	Pupil Referral Unit	31
Hambleton/Richmondshire Pupil Referral Service Northallerton, DL6 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	26
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY	Pupil Referral Unit	40
North West Surrey Short Stay School Woking, GU21 6NT	Pupil Referral Unit	21
Children's Support Service Wickford, SS11 7JZ	Pupil Referral Unit	189
Kite Ridge School High Wycombe, HP12 3NE	Pupil Referral Unit	8
Central Hub Brighton Brighton, BN1 7FP	Pupil Referral Unit	106
Pinderfields Hospital PRU Wakefield, WF2 0LW	Pupil Referral Unit	113