Manchester Secondary PRU

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 28 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
Manchester Secondary PRU (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	233	100%	80.1%
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	121	100%	64.3%
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	152	100%	84.3%
Gillford Centre Carlisle, CA2 4JE	Pupil Referral Unit	76	100%	58.8%
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	68	100%	65.2%
Larches High School Preston, PR1 6AA	Pupil Referral Unit	131	100%	72.4%
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	199	98.9%	58.1%
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	96	67.2%	69%
The Woodbridge Park Education Service Isleworth, TW7 5ED	Pupil Referral Unit	206	99.2%	63.8%
Ealing Alternative Provision London, W13 0LR	Pupil Referral Unit	102	100%	56.3%
Educational Diversity Blackpool, FY3 9JW	Pupil Referral Unit	165	98.5%	71.5%
Launchpad Centre St Helens, WA10 1UH	Pupil Referral Unit	104	100%	68.1%
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	137	82.1%	66%
Chadwick High School Lancaster, LA1 2AY	Pupil Referral Unit	114	98.7%	70.9%
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Manchester, M20 3FB	Pupil Referral Unit	124	100%	92.9%
Oswaldtwistle School Accrington, BB5 3DA	Pupil Referral Unit	101	100%	65.5%
Shaftesbury High School Chorley, PR7 3NQ	Pupil Referral Unit	138	47.6%	62.1%
The Bridge School Runcorn, WA7 1PW	Pupil Referral Unit	95	100%	72.1%
McKee College House Poulton, FY6 7AQ	Pupil Referral Unit	110	100%	56.9%
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	192	100%	63.4%
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	126	100%	67.4%
The Acorns School Ormskirk, L39 4QX	Pupil Referral Unit	93	61.2%	59.7%
The Clifton Centre Manchester, M27 8GW	Pupil Referral Unit	104	100%	69.9%
The Link School Sunderland, SR3 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	184	80.6%	70.8%
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	103	65.3%	77.9%
Sheffield Inclusion Centre Sheffield, S2 2JQ	Pupil Referral Unit	211	80%	83.3%
Rotherham Aspire Rotherham, S62 5AF	Pupil Referral Unit	135	100%	78.6%
The Bridge Short Stay School Ellesmere Port, CH65 7EP	Pupil Referral Unit	60	100%	67.8%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 27 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
Manchester Secondary PRU (Your chosen school)	Pupil Referral Unit	233	Sign in to see
Camden Primary Pupil Referral Unit London, NW1 3EX	Pupil Referral Unit	19
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit London, SE9 6HR	Pupil Referral Unit	199
New River College Secondary London, N7 8RH	Pupil Referral Unit	121
London East Alternative Provision London, E1 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	215
City of Birmingham School Birmingham, B11 4LX	Pupil Referral Unit	491
Meadow Park School Knowsley, L28 1RX	Pupil Referral Unit	152
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre South Shields, NE34 0QA	Pupil Referral Unit	104
West Cumbria Learning Centre Workington, CA14 4PJ	Pupil Referral Unit	68
Stepping Stones School Lancaster, LA1 4HT	Pupil Referral Unit	34
Larches High School Preston, PR1 6AA	Pupil Referral Unit	131
Danesgate Community York, YO10 4PB	Pupil Referral Unit	199
Trafford Alternative Education Provision Altrincham, WA14 1SR	Pupil Referral Unit	96
West Sussex Alternative Provision College Burgess Hill, RH15 8RE	Pupil Referral Unit	363
Ealing Alternative Provision London, W13 0LR	Pupil Referral Unit	102
Educational Diversity Blackpool, FY3 9JW	Pupil Referral Unit	165
St Thomas's Centre Blackburn, BB1 9TH	Pupil Referral Unit	137
Castle School Derby, DE22 1GE	Pupil Referral Unit	42
Elmbrook School Leicester, LE5 1DT	Pupil Referral Unit	21
Compass School Southampton, SO16 9FQ	Pupil Referral Unit	92
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Manchester, M20 3FB	Pupil Referral Unit	124
The Bridge School Runcorn, WA7 1PW	Pupil Referral Unit	95
Highfields College Stockport, SK5 8DR	Pupil Referral Unit	192
Kingsland School Oldham, OL1 4HX	Pupil Referral Unit	126
The Clifton Centre Manchester, M27 8GW	Pupil Referral Unit	104
The Link School Sunderland, SR3 4EE	Pupil Referral Unit	184
New Heights High School Liverpool, L9 7HA	Pupil Referral Unit	103