Central Hub Brighton

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
Central Hub Brighton
(Your chosen school) 		Pupil Referral Unit 106 100% 74.5%
Heath School
London, NW3 2NY 		Pupil Referral Unit 63 100% 77.4%
New River College Secondary
London, N7 8RH 		Pupil Referral Unit 121 100% 64.3%
Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit
London, SW17 0EA 		Pupil Referral Unit 84 98.7% 67.1%
Pavilion Study Centre
London, N20 9DX 		Pupil Referral Unit 129 100% 62.5%
Tunmarsh School
London, E13 9NB 		Pupil Referral Unit 116 100% 66.7%
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre
South Shields, NE34 0QA 		Pupil Referral Unit 104 94.3% 74.3%
West Cumbria Learning Centre
Workington, CA14 4PJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 68 100% 65.2%
Rowhill School
Aldershot, GU11 3JG 		Pupil Referral Unit 50 100% 70.3%
The Bridge Education Centre
Eastleigh, SO50 9DB 		Pupil Referral Unit 93 100% 55.6%
Greenwood School
Southampton, SO45 5UQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 53 100% 69.6%
Larches High School
Preston, PR1 6AA 		Pupil Referral Unit 131 100% 72.4%
Dorchester Learning Centre
Dorchester, DT2 9PS 		Pupil Referral Unit 95 100% 64.2%
Stevenage Education Support Centre
Stevenage, SG2 9HQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 52 100% 75%
iCollege Alternative Provision
Newbury, RG14 1QY 		Pupil Referral Unit 111 90.2% 62.2%
The Forum Centre
Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX 		Pupil Referral Unit 81 100% 72.2%
Launchpad Centre
St Helens, WA10 1UH 		Pupil Referral Unit 104 100% 68.1%
Chadwick High School
Lancaster, LA1 2AY 		Pupil Referral Unit 114 98.7% 70.9%
Compass School
Southampton, SO16 9FQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 92 100% 87.2%
Lionheart School
Newport, PO30 5HZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 113 100% 68%
Oswaldtwistle School
Accrington, BB5 3DA 		Pupil Referral Unit 101 100% 65.5%
The Bridge School
Runcorn, WA7 1PW 		Pupil Referral Unit 95 100% 72.1%
The Compass
Weymouth, DT4 0QU 		Pupil Referral Unit 58 100% 73.8%
New Regent's College
London, N1 7RD 		Pupil Referral Unit 129 95.2% 62.7%
Kingsland School
Oldham, OL1 4HX 		Pupil Referral Unit 126 100% 67.4%
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils)
London, SE15 6LF 		Pupil Referral Unit 55 92.7% 78%
The Clifton Centre
Manchester, M27 8GW 		Pupil Referral Unit 104 100% 69.9%
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%
Voyage Learning Campus
Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX 		Pupil Referral Unit 84 100% 64.9%

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
Central Hub Brighton
(Your chosen school) 		Pupil Referral Unit 106 Sign in to see
Heath School
London, NW3 2NY 		Pupil Referral Unit 63
Foundry College
Wokingham, RG40 1PX 		Pupil Referral Unit 55
Moorbridge
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 0HJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 378
West Cumbria Learning Centre
Workington, CA14 4PJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 68
Rowhill School
Aldershot, GU11 3JG 		Pupil Referral Unit 50
Smannell Field School
Andover, SP11 6JP 		Pupil Referral Unit 25
iCollege Alternative Provision
Newbury, RG14 1QY 		Pupil Referral Unit 111
The Horizon School, Hartlepool
Hartlepool, TS25 4BY 		Pupil Referral Unit 79
Chadwick High School
Lancaster, LA1 2AY 		Pupil Referral Unit 114
Lionheart School
Newport, PO30 5HZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 113
Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus
Morden, SM4 6PT 		Pupil Referral Unit 100
Oswaldtwistle School
Accrington, BB5 3DA 		Pupil Referral Unit 101
Highfields College
Stockport, SK5 8DR 		Pupil Referral Unit 192
South Somerset Partnership School
Yeovil, BA21 4EN 		Pupil Referral Unit 62
The Bridge School Sedgemoor
Bridgwater, TA6 5HT 		Pupil Referral Unit 83
Kingsland School
Oldham, OL1 4HX 		Pupil Referral Unit 126
Sycamore Short Stay School
Dudley, DY1 3QE 		Pupil Referral Unit 28
The Altus School
Gloucester, GL4 0RQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 242
The Rosewood School
West Malling, ME19 5FF 		Pupil Referral Unit 115
Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision
Maidstone, ME16 8AU 		Pupil Referral Unit 47
Enterprise Learning Alliance
Margate, CT9 4JA 		Pupil Referral Unit 87
Two Bridges School
Tunbridge Wells, TN4 0DS 		Pupil Referral Unit 31
Rivers Education Support Centre
Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA 		Pupil Referral Unit 49
North East Surrey Secondary Short Stay School
Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4QY 		Pupil Referral Unit 40
North West Surrey Short Stay School
Woking, GU21 6NT 		Pupil Referral Unit 21
Children's Support Service
Wickford, SS11 7JZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 189
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School
Redditch, B98 8HF 		Pupil Referral Unit 34
Kite Ridge School
High Wycombe, HP12 3NE 		Pupil Referral Unit 8
Pinderfields Hospital PRU
Wakefield, WF2 0LW 		Pupil Referral Unit 113