Children's Support Service

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
Children's Support Service (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	164	100%	46.1%
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit London, SE9 6HR	Pupil Referral Unit	211	99.5%	43.5%
London East Alternative Provision London, E1 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	189	53.5%	49.5%
Pavilion Study Centre London, N20 9DX	Pupil Referral Unit	138	100%	66.7%
The Helix Education Centre Harrow, HA3 6DH	Pupil Referral Unit	72	97.8%	45.7%
Tunmarsh School London, E13 9NB	Pupil Referral Unit	110	100%	41.7%
Albright Education Centre Tipton, DY4 7NR	Pupil Referral Unit	152	95%	45%
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	75	100%	55.4%
The Bridge Education Centre Eastleigh, SO50 9DB	Pupil Referral Unit	99	100%	60%
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	195	95.2%	60.5%
EOTAS Swindon Swindon, SN2 1HL	Pupil Referral Unit	152	100%	54.8%
North Herts Education Support Centre Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY	Pupil Referral Unit	52	100%	50%
Chessbrook Education Support Centre Watford, WD18 6LJ	Pupil Referral Unit	29	100%	42.9%
Stevenage Education Support Centre Stevenage, SG2 9HQ	Pupil Referral Unit	120	100%	50%
Dacorum Education Support Centre Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS	Pupil Referral Unit	52	81.8%	45.5%
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	98	94.3%	62.3%
The Woodbridge Park Education Service Isleworth, TW7 5ED	Pupil Referral Unit	186	100%	65.4%
Haringey Learning Partnership London, N22 8DZ	Pupil Referral Unit	144	100%	25%
Rise Carr College Darlington, DL3 0NS	Pupil Referral Unit	87	100%	62.7%
Ealing Alternative Provision London, W13 0LR	Pupil Referral Unit	74	100%	55.4%
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	141	72.2%	59.1%
Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service Rochdale, OL16 2XW	Pupil Referral Unit	173	92.7%	69.9%
The Key Education Centre Gosport, PO13 0SG	Pupil Referral Unit	122	100%	41%
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG	Pupil Referral Unit	106	67.5%	55%
Avenue Centre for Education Luton, LU1 3NJ	Pupil Referral Unit	86	90.2%	37.3%
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	219	100%	65.9%
Inspired Pathways Coventry, CV6 2HD	Pupil Referral Unit	58	100%	50%
The Altus School Gloucester, GL4 0RQ	Pupil Referral Unit	218	73.8%	49.4%
Oakfield School Shepshed, LE12 9DB	Pupil Referral Unit	187	62%	56%
Pinderfields Hospital PRU Wakefield, WF2 0LW	Pupil Referral Unit	116	100%	45.2%

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
Children's Support Service (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	164	Sign in to see
Heath School London, NW3 2NY	Pupil Referral Unit	61
Malden Oaks School and Tuition Service Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5QY	Pupil Referral Unit	272
Pace St Helens, WA9 2LH	Pupil Referral Unit	19
The Pendlebury Centre Stockport, SK3 0RJ	Pupil Referral Unit	41
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	81
South Cumbria Pupil Referral Service Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9HU	Pupil Referral Unit	33
Smannell Field School Andover, SP11 6JP	Pupil Referral Unit	29
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
The Horizon School, Hartlepool Hartlepool, TS25 4BY	Pupil Referral Unit	109
The Forum Centre Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX	Pupil Referral Unit	80
Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit Scarborough, YO11 2PG	Pupil Referral Unit	29
Elmbrook School Leicester, LE5 1DT	Pupil Referral Unit	33
Kettlebrook Short Stay School Tamworth, B77 1AL	Pupil Referral Unit	44
Lionheart School Newport, PO30 5HZ	Pupil Referral Unit	124
Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus Morden, SM4 6PT	Pupil Referral Unit	97
Oswaldtwistle School Accrington, BB5 3DA	Pupil Referral Unit	100
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	123
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
The Acorns School Ormskirk, L39 4QX	Pupil Referral Unit	89
Burton PRU Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0HR	Pupil Referral Unit	50
Maple Medical PRU Doncaster, DN4 9HT	Pupil Referral Unit	45
Rivers Education Support Centre Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA	Pupil Referral Unit	41
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY	Pupil Referral Unit	45
North West Surrey Short Stay School Woking, GU21 6NT	Pupil Referral Unit	29
Central Hub Brighton Brighton, BN1 7FP	Pupil Referral Unit	115
Pinderfields Hospital PRU Wakefield, WF2 0LW	Pupil Referral Unit	116