The Link School

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 Link School (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	184	80.6%	70.8%
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	121	100%	64.3%
Pavilion Study Centre London, N20 9DX	Pupil Referral Unit	129	100%	62.5%
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	116	100%	66.7%
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	152	100%	84.3%
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	104	94.3%	74.3%
Larches High School Preston, PR1 6AA	Pupil Referral Unit	131	100%	72.4%
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	199	98.9%	58.1%
EOTAS Swindon Swindon, SN2 1HL	Pupil Referral Unit	143	100%	62.1%
iCollege Alternative Provision Newbury, RG14 1QY	Pupil Referral Unit	111	90.2%	62.2%
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	96	67.2%	69%
The Woodbridge Park Education Service Isleworth, TW7 5ED	Pupil Referral Unit	206	99.2%	63.8%
Pathways Learning Centre Bristol, BS16 2RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	142	100%	54.2%
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	86	100%	61.9%
Educational Diversity Blackpool, FY3 9JW	Pupil Referral Unit	165	98.5%	71.5%
Launchpad Centre St Helens, WA10 1UH	Pupil Referral Unit	104	100%	68.1%
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	137	82.1%	66%
Chadwick High School Lancaster, LA1 2AY	Pupil Referral Unit	114	98.7%	70.9%
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	113	100%	68%
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	138	47.6%	62.1%
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	192	100%	63.4%
New Regent's College London, N1 7RD	Pupil Referral Unit	129	95.2%	62.7%
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	126	100%	67.4%
The Clifton Centre Manchester, M27 8GW	Pupil Referral Unit	104	100%	69.9%
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	103	65.3%	77.9%
Bridge Street School Derby, DE1 3LB	Pupil Referral Unit	228	98.2%	56.4%
Manchester Secondary PRU Chorlton, M21 7JJ	Pupil Referral Unit	233	100%	80.1%
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211	80%	83.3%
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
The Link School (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	184	Sign in to see
Camden Primary Pupil Referral Unit London, NW1 3EX	Pupil Referral Unit	19
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit London, SE9 6HR	Pupil Referral Unit	199
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	121
London East Alternative Provision London, E1 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	215
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	116
City of Birmingham School Birmingham, B11 4LX	Pupil Referral Unit	491
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	152
Moorbridge Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 0HJ	Pupil Referral Unit	378
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	104
The Woodlands Ferryhill, DL17 8AN	Pupil Referral Unit	433
Stepping Stones School Lancaster, LA1 4HT	Pupil Referral Unit	34
Larches High School Preston, PR1 6AA	Pupil Referral Unit	131
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	199
EOTAS Swindon Swindon, SN2 1HL	Pupil Referral Unit	143
Abbey Manor College London, SE12 8JP	Pupil Referral Unit	132
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit Redditch, B98 7UZ	Pupil Referral Unit	9
West Sussex Alternative Provision College Burgess Hill, RH15 8RE	Pupil Referral Unit	363
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	86
Ealing Alternative Provision London, W13 0LR	Pupil Referral Unit	102
Educational Diversity Blackpool, FY3 9JW	Pupil Referral Unit	165
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	137
Castle School Derby, DE22 1GE	Pupil Referral Unit	42
Elmbrook School Leicester, LE5 1DT	Pupil Referral Unit	21
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	92
Bristol Hospital Education Service Bristol, BS6 5JL	Pupil Referral Unit	310
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Manchester, M20 3FB	Pupil Referral Unit	124
Avenue Centre for Education Luton, LU1 3NJ	Pupil Referral Unit	95
Manchester Secondary PRU Chorlton, M21 7JJ	Pupil Referral Unit	233
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211