Children's Support Service

Schools we chose for benchmarking

This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.

Choose your own set of schools

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%