Rivers Education Support 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
Rivers Education Support Centre (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	49	58.6%	69%
Orchardside School Enfield, EN1 4RL	Pupil Referral Unit	67	90.2%	56.9%
The Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	48	100%	66.7%
Wandsworth Hospital and Home Tuition Service London, SW17 0YG	Pupil Referral Unit	40	85.7%	57.1%
Newbridge House PRU Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9HU	Pupil Referral Unit	48	100%	66.7%
Rowhill School Aldershot, GU11 3JG	Pupil Referral Unit	50	100%	70.3%
Greenwood School Southampton, SO45 5UQ	Pupil Referral Unit	53	100%	69.6%
Golden Hill Pupil Referral Unit Leyland, PR25 1QS	Pupil Referral Unit	50	95.1%	63.4%
The Linden Centre Telford, TF4 3DU	Pupil Referral Unit	54	100%	65.7%
Stevenage Education Support Centre Stevenage, SG2 9HQ	Pupil Referral Unit	52	100%	75%
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Hereford, HR1 2DY	Pupil Referral Unit	83	79.7%	64.4%
Dacorum Education Support Centre Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS	Pupil Referral Unit	47	83.3%	50%
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	96	67.2%	69%
Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit Scarborough, YO11 2PG	Pupil Referral Unit	23	50%	87.5%
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Cramlington, NE23 7EB	Pupil Referral Unit	51	74.2%	54.8%
Castle School Derby, DE22 1GE	Pupil Referral Unit	42	100%	69.6%
Northgate School Edgware, HA8 0AD	Pupil Referral Unit	30	50%	62.5%
Redbridge Alternative Provision Ilford, IG6 1PU	Pupil Referral Unit	32	66.7%	52.4%
New Leaf School Walsall, WV12 4EG	Pupil Referral Unit	53	80.4%	68.6%
Tor School Glastonbury, BA6 9NS	Pupil Referral Unit	35	100%	70.6%
The Acorns School Ormskirk, L39 4QX	Pupil Referral Unit	93	61.2%	59.7%
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils) London, SE15 6LF	Pupil Referral Unit	55	92.7%	78%
Maple Medical PRU Doncaster, DN4 9HT	Pupil Referral Unit	47	95.8%	62.5%
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	103	65.3%	77.9%
Hambleton/Richmondshire Pupil Referral Service Northallerton, DL6 1SZ	Pupil Referral Unit	26	88.5%	76.9%
Craven Pupil Referral Service Skipton, BD23 2QS	Pupil Referral Unit	19	50%	80%
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY	Pupil Referral Unit	40	58.6%	72.4%
North West Surrey Short Stay School Woking, GU21 6NT	Pupil Referral Unit	21	84.2%	57.9%
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	34	100%	70%
The Bridge Short Stay School Ellesmere Port, CH65 7EP	Pupil Referral Unit	60	100%	67.8%

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
Rivers Education Support Centre (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	49	Sign in to see
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit London, SW17 0EA	Pupil Referral Unit	84
The Levett School Doncaster, DN5 7SB	Pupil Referral Unit	48
Moorbridge Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 0HJ	Pupil Referral Unit	378
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	68
Rowhill School Aldershot, GU11 3JG	Pupil Referral Unit	50
EOTAS Swindon Swindon, SN2 1HL	Pupil Referral Unit	143
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
Abbey Manor College London, SE12 8JP	Pupil Referral Unit	132
The Horizon School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, TS25 4BY	Pupil Referral Unit	79
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	137
Chadwick High School Lancaster, LA1 2AY	Pupil Referral Unit	114
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	113
Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus Morden, SM4 6PT	Pupil Referral Unit	100
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Manchester, M20 3FB	Pupil Referral Unit	124
Oswaldtwistle School Accrington, BB5 3DA	Pupil Referral Unit	101
Avenue Centre for Education Luton, LU1 3NJ	Pupil Referral Unit	95
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	192
South Somerset Partnership School Yeovil, BA21 4EN	Pupil Referral Unit	62
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	126
Sycamore Short Stay School Dudley, DY1 3QE	Pupil Referral Unit	28
New Directions London, E16 2LS	Pupil Referral Unit	32
The Altus School Gloucester, GL4 0RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	242
The Rosewood School West Malling, ME19 5FF	Pupil Referral Unit	115
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY	Pupil Referral Unit	40
Children's Support Service Wickford, SS11 7JZ	Pupil Referral Unit	189
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School Redditch, B98 8HF	Pupil Referral Unit	34
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211
Central Hub Brighton Brighton, BN1 7FP	Pupil Referral Unit	106