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 41 100% 73.3%
Heath School
London, NW3 2NY 		Pupil Referral Unit 61 87.9% 81.8%
Camden Primary Pupil Referral Unit
London, NW1 3EX 		Pupil Referral Unit 20 100% 85%
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit
London, SW17 8HE 		Pupil Referral Unit 69 96.8% 80.6%
Smannell Field School
Andover, SP11 6JP 		Pupil Referral Unit 29 92.9% 64.3%
Greenwood School
Southampton, SO45 5UQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 44 100% 63.2%
Golden Hill Pupil Referral Unit
Leyland, PR25 1QS 		Pupil Referral Unit 50 79.1% 65.1%
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%
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit
Redditch, B98 7UZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 10 100% 62.5%
Leicester Partnership School
Leicester, LE2 3PR 		Pupil Referral Unit 102 94.4% 74.1%
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%
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%
Elmbrook School
Leicester, LE5 1DT 		Pupil Referral Unit 33 100% 77.4%
Brent River College
London, NW9 9AE 		Pupil Referral Unit 47 97.3% 59.5%
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%
South Somerset Partnership School
Yeovil, BA21 4EN 		Pupil Referral Unit 51 100% 62.9%
Taunton Deane Partnership College
Taunton, TA1 2JD 		Pupil Referral Unit 59 97.7% 69.8%
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils)
London, SE15 6LF 		Pupil Referral Unit 60 95% 77.5%
Maple Medical PRU
Doncaster, DN4 9HT 		Pupil Referral Unit 45 100% 66.7%
The Clifton Centre
Manchester, M27 8GW 		Pupil Referral Unit 99 97.9% 68.8%
North West Surrey Short Stay School
Woking, GU21 6NT 		Pupil Referral Unit 29 89.5% 73.7%
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School
Redditch, B98 8HF 		Pupil Referral Unit 23 100% 85%
The Buckinghamshire Primary Pupil Referral Unit
Aylesbury, HP19 9NS 		Pupil Referral Unit 50 100% 66.7%
The Rubicon Centre
Selby, YO8 4AN 		Pupil Referral Unit 25 100% 83.3%
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
Rivers Education Support Centre
(Your chosen school) 		Pupil Referral Unit 41 Sign in to see
Heath School
London, NW3 2NY 		Pupil Referral Unit 61
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit
London, SW17 8HE 		Pupil Referral Unit 69
The Levett School
Doncaster, DN5 7SB 		Pupil Referral Unit 37
Moorbridge
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 0HJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 315
West Cumbria Learning Centre
Workington, CA14 4PJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 81
EOTAS Swindon
Swindon, SN2 1HL 		Pupil Referral Unit 152
North Herts Education Support Centre
Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY 		Pupil Referral Unit 52
Chessbrook Education Support Centre
Watford, WD18 6LJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 29
Abbey Manor College
London, SE12 8JP 		Pupil Referral Unit 116
The Horizon School, Hartlepool
Hartlepool, TS25 4BY 		Pupil Referral Unit 109
St Thomas's Centre
Blackburn, BB1 9TH 		Pupil Referral Unit 141
Brent River College
London, NW9 9AE 		Pupil Referral Unit 47
Lionheart School
Newport, PO30 5HZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 124
Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus
Morden, SM4 6PT 		Pupil Referral Unit 97
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit
Manchester, M20 3FB 		Pupil Referral Unit 125
Oswaldtwistle School
Accrington, BB5 3DA 		Pupil Referral Unit 100
Highfields College
Stockport, SK5 8DR 		Pupil Referral Unit 219
South Somerset Partnership School
Yeovil, BA21 4EN 		Pupil Referral Unit 51
Willow Vale School
Taunton, TA1 2JD 		Pupil Referral Unit 81
Kingsland School
Oldham, OL1 4HX 		Pupil Referral Unit 114
Sycamore Short Stay School
Dudley, DY1 3QE 		Pupil Referral Unit 31
New Directions
London, E16 2LS 		Pupil Referral Unit 34
The Rosewood School
West Malling, ME19 5FF 		Pupil Referral Unit 98
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School
Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY 		Pupil Referral Unit 45
Children's Support Service
Wickford, SS11 7JZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 164
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School
Redditch, B98 8HF 		Pupil Referral Unit 23
Sheffield Inclusion Centre
Sheffield, S2 2JQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 211
Central Hub Brighton
Brighton, BN1 7FP 		Pupil Referral Unit 115
Pinderfields Hospital PRU
Wakefield, WF2 0LW 		Pupil Referral Unit 116