Poplar Adolescent Unit

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
Poplar Adolescent Unit
(Your chosen school) 		Pupil Referral Unit 5 0% 0%
Triple Crown Centre
Solihull, B91 2HW 		Pupil Referral Unit 20 100% 0%
The Pendlebury Centre
Stockport, SK3 0RJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 40 100% 0%
CAMHS Phoenix School
Wokingham, RG41 2RE 		Pupil Referral Unit 7 0% 0%
North Herts Education Support Centre
Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY 		Pupil Referral Unit 21 0% 0%
Chessbrook Education Support Centre
Watford, WD18 6LJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 29 100% 25%
Dacorum Education Support Centre
Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS 		Pupil Referral Unit 47 83.3% 50%
Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service
Cheltenham, GL50 3EW 		Pupil Referral Unit 153 0% 0%
Victoria Drive Primary Pupil Referral Unit
London, SW19 6HR 		Pupil Referral Unit 40 0% 0%
Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus
Morden, SM4 6PT 		Pupil Referral Unit 100 50% 27.8%
The Surrey Teaching Centre
Tadworth, KT20 5RU 		Pupil Referral Unit 11 100% 0%
St Peter's Centre
Egham, TW20 0RX 		Pupil Referral Unit 25 0% 0%
Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit
Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 9JA 		Pupil Referral Unit 31 100% 0%
The St Aubyn Centre Education Department
Colchester, CO4 5HG 		Pupil Referral Unit 13 100% 0%
Avenue Centre for Education
Luton, LU1 3NJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 95 33.8% 42.9%
Pilgrim Pathways School
Cambridge, CB21 5EE 		Pupil Referral Unit 31 100% 0%
Ancora House School
Chester, CH2 1BQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 58 100% 11.8%
Devon Hospitals' Short Stay School
Exeter, EX2 5DW 		Pupil Referral Unit 6 0% 0%
The Hope Service
Guildford, GU2 9RS 		Pupil Referral Unit 15 0% 0%
Burton PRU
Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0HR 		Pupil Referral Unit 55 38.5% 34.6%
Sutton Tuition and Reintegration Service
Carshalton, SM5 4NR 		Pupil Referral Unit 54 100% 0%
Birchwood
Folkestone, CT19 4FP 		Pupil Referral Unit 31 0% 0%
Enterprise Learning Alliance
Margate, CT9 4JA 		Pupil Referral Unit 87 0% 0%
Two Bridges School
Tunbridge Wells, TN4 0DS 		Pupil Referral Unit 31 0% 0%
Hawkswood Primary PRU
London, E4 7RT 		Pupil Referral Unit 16 0% 0%
Rivers Education Support Centre
Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA 		Pupil Referral Unit 49 58.6% 69%
Children's Support Service
Wickford, SS11 7JZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 189 97.8% 40.7%
Burnside Secondary PRU
London, E4 8YJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 28 78.3% 39.1%
Hawkswood (Therapeutic)
Chingford, E4 7RT 		Pupil Referral Unit 15 0% 0%
Horizon School
Lowestoft, NR32 4TD 		Pupil Referral Unit 44 0% 0%

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
Poplar Adolescent Unit
(Your chosen school) 		Pupil Referral Unit 5 Sign in to see
Foundry College
Wokingham, RG40 1PX 		Pupil Referral Unit 55
The Helix Education Centre
Harrow, HA3 6DH 		Pupil Referral Unit 68
The Constance Bridgeman Centre
Ilford, IG1 2UT 		Pupil Referral Unit 31
Triple Crown Centre
Solihull, B91 2HW 		Pupil Referral Unit 20
Jigsaw Primary Pupil Referral Unit
Liverpool, L23 1TY 		Pupil Referral Unit 14
The Bridge Education Centre
Eastleigh, SO50 9DB 		Pupil Referral Unit 93
Golden Hill Pupil Referral Unit
Leyland, PR25 1QS 		Pupil Referral Unit 50
The Linden Centre
Telford, TF4 3DU 		Pupil Referral Unit 54
North Herts Education Support Centre
Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY 		Pupil Referral Unit 21
Chessbrook Education Support Centre
Watford, WD18 6LJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 29
Stevenage Education Support Centre
Stevenage, SG2 9HQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 52
Dacorum Education Support Centre
Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS 		Pupil Referral Unit 47
Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service
Cheltenham, GL50 3EW 		Pupil Referral Unit 153
Launchpad Centre
St Helens, WA10 1UH 		Pupil Referral Unit 104
Victoria Drive Primary Pupil Referral Unit
London, SW19 6HR 		Pupil Referral Unit 40
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit
Cramlington, NE23 7EB 		Pupil Referral Unit 51
The New Broadwalk PRU
Swinton, M27 8QL 		Pupil Referral Unit 41
Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit
Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 9JA 		Pupil Referral Unit 31
Redbridge Alternative Provision
Ilford, IG6 1PU 		Pupil Referral Unit 32
Ealing Primary Centre
London, UB6 8QJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 16
Tor School
Glastonbury, BA6 9NS 		Pupil Referral Unit 35
Inspired Pathways
Coventry, CV6 2HD 		Pupil Referral Unit 53
Birchwood
Folkestone, CT19 4FP 		Pupil Referral Unit 31
Craven Pupil Referral Service
Skipton, BD23 2QS 		Pupil Referral Unit 19
The Buckinghamshire Primary Pupil Referral Unit
Aylesbury, HP19 9NS 		Pupil Referral Unit 43
Oakfield School
Shepshed, LE12 9DB 		Pupil Referral Unit 14
The Rubicon Centre
Selby, YO8 4AN 		Pupil Referral Unit 26
The Bridge Short Stay School
Ellesmere Port, CH65 7EP 		Pupil Referral Unit 60
Horizon School
Lowestoft, NR32 4TD 		Pupil Referral Unit 44