The Clifton Centre

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
The Clifton Centre (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	99	97.9%	68.8%
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	91	98.6%	64.4%
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	145	100%	82.3%
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%
The Bridge Education Centre Eastleigh, SO50 9DB	Pupil Referral Unit	99	100%	60%
Golden Hill Pupil Referral Unit Leyland, PR25 1QS	Pupil Referral Unit	50	79.1%	65.1%
Larches High School Preston, PR1 6AA	Pupil Referral Unit	128	100%	75.5%
The Linden Centre Telford, TF3 5BT	Pupil Referral Unit	67	100%	68.6%
Dorchester Learning Centre Dorchester, DT2 9PS	Pupil Referral Unit	88	96.3%	70.4%
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	87	93%	63.4%
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	98	94.3%	62.3%
Leicester Partnership School Leicester, LE2 3PR	Pupil Referral Unit	102	94.4%	74.1%
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	87	100%	62.7%
The Forum Centre Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX	Pupil Referral Unit	80	100%	63.2%
Launchpad Centre St Helens, WA10 1UH	Pupil Referral Unit	103	100%	74.2%
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	141	72.2%	59.1%
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	64	94.7%	68.4%
The New Broadwalk PRU Swinton, M27 8QL	Pupil Referral Unit	44	97.2%	83.3%
Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service Rochdale, OL16 2XW	Pupil Referral Unit	173	92.7%	69.9%
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	99	100%	67.5%
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Manchester, M20 3FB	Pupil Referral Unit	125	100%	87%
Oswaldtwistle School Accrington, BB5 3DA	Pupil Referral Unit	100	100%	70.8%
The Bridge School Runcorn, WA7 1PW	Pupil Referral Unit	84	100%	82.4%
New Regent's College London, N1 7RD	Pupil Referral Unit	105	100%	77.2%
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	114	100%	72.1%
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	110	83.2%	75.7%
The Bridge Short Stay School Ellesmere Port, CH65 7EP	Pupil Referral Unit	59	100%	72.9%
Voyage Learning Campus Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX	Pupil Referral Unit	73	97.6%	66.7%

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
The Clifton Centre (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	99	Sign in to see
Orchardside School Enfield, EN1 4RL	Pupil Referral Unit	68
Triple Crown Centre Solihull, B91 2HW	Pupil Referral Unit	23
The Pendlebury Centre Stockport, SK3 0RJ	Pupil Referral Unit	41
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	75
The Bridge Education Centre Eastleigh, SO50 9DB	Pupil Referral Unit	99
Greenwood School Southampton, SO45 5UQ	Pupil Referral Unit	44
Golden Hill Pupil Referral Unit Leyland, PR25 1QS	Pupil Referral Unit	50
Dorchester Learning Centre Dorchester, DT2 9PS	Pupil Referral Unit	88
Stevenage Education Support Centre Stevenage, SG2 9HQ	Pupil Referral Unit	120
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	87
Dacorum Education Support Centre Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS	Pupil Referral Unit	52
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	98
Leicester Partnership School Leicester, LE2 3PR	Pupil Referral Unit	102
Haringey Learning Partnership London, N22 8DZ	Pupil Referral Unit	144
The New Broadwalk PRU Swinton, M27 8QL	Pupil Referral Unit	44
Mayesbrook Park School Dagenham, RM9 6TJ	Pupil Referral Unit	167
Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service Rochdale, OL16 2XW	Pupil Referral Unit	173
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	123
The Bridge School Runcorn, WA7 1PW	Pupil Referral Unit	84
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	106
Tor School Glastonbury, BA6 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	49
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils) London, SE15 6LF	Pupil Referral Unit	60
Enterprise Learning Alliance Margate, CT9 4JA	Pupil Referral Unit	78
Hawkswood Primary PRU London, E4 7RT	Pupil Referral Unit	16
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	110
Hawkswood Therapeutic Chingford, E4 7RT	Pupil Referral Unit	20
The Rubicon Centre Selby, YO8 4AN	Pupil Referral Unit	25
The Bridge Short Stay School Ellesmere Port, CH65 7EP	Pupil Referral Unit	59
Horizon School Lowestoft, NR32 4TD	Pupil Referral Unit	42