The Forge Secondary Short Stay School

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.

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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
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School
(Your chosen school) 		Pupil Referral Unit 23 100% 85%
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%
Jigsaw Primary Pupil Referral Unit
Liverpool, L23 1TY 		Pupil Referral Unit 18 100% 100%
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre
South Shields, NE34 0QA 		Pupil Referral Unit 97 98.7% 83.3%
Smannell Field School
Andover, SP11 6JP 		Pupil Referral Unit 29 92.9% 64.3%
Stepping Stones School
Lancaster, LA1 4HT 		Pupil Referral Unit 28 100% 95.5%
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%
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical)
Willenhall, WV13 2QJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 69 97% 57.6%
Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases
Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 6BX 		Pupil Referral Unit 53 100% 54.2%
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%
The Bridge School
Runcorn, WA7 1PW 		Pupil Referral Unit 84 100% 82.4%
New Regent's College
London, N1 7RD 		Pupil Referral Unit 105 100% 77.2%
Taunton Deane Partnership College
Taunton, TA1 2JD 		Pupil Referral Unit 59 97.7% 69.8%
Sycamore Short Stay School
Dudley, DY1 3QE 		Pupil Referral Unit 31 100% 87.5%
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils)
London, SE15 6LF 		Pupil Referral Unit 60 95% 77.5%
Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision
Maidstone, ME16 8AU 		Pupil Referral Unit 46 100% 100%
Maple Medical PRU
Doncaster, DN4 9HT 		Pupil Referral Unit 45 100% 66.7%
Rivers Education Support Centre
Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA 		Pupil Referral Unit 41 100% 73.3%
North West Surrey Short Stay School
Woking, GU21 6NT 		Pupil Referral Unit 29 89.5% 73.7%
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%
Central Hub Brighton
Brighton, BN1 7FP 		Pupil Referral Unit 115 100% 81.6%