Horizon School

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
Horizon School
(Your chosen school) 		Pupil Referral Unit 44 0% 0%
Triple Crown Centre
Solihull, B91 2HW 		Pupil Referral Unit 20 100% 0%
The Pendlebury Centre
Stockport, SK3 0RJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 40 100% 0%
CAMHS Phoenix School
Wokingham, RG41 2RE 		Pupil Referral Unit 7 0% 0%
North Herts Education Support Centre
Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY 		Pupil Referral Unit 21 0% 0%
Chessbrook Education Support Centre
Watford, WD18 6LJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 29 100% 25%
Dacorum Education Support Centre
Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS 		Pupil Referral Unit 47 83.3% 50%
Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service
Cheltenham, GL50 3EW 		Pupil Referral Unit 153 0% 0%
Victoria Drive Primary Pupil Referral Unit
London, SW19 6HR 		Pupil Referral Unit 40 0% 0%
Mayesbrook Park School
Dagenham, RM9 6TJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 180 43.2% 36.5%
Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus
Morden, SM4 6PT 		Pupil Referral Unit 100 50% 27.8%
The Surrey Teaching Centre
Tadworth, KT20 5RU 		Pupil Referral Unit 11 100% 0%
St Peter's Centre
Egham, TW20 0RX 		Pupil Referral Unit 25 0% 0%
Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit
Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 9JA 		Pupil Referral Unit 31 100% 0%
The St Aubyn Centre Education Department
Colchester, CO4 5HG 		Pupil Referral Unit 13 100% 0%
Avenue Centre for Education
Luton, LU1 3NJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 95 33.8% 42.9%
Pilgrim Pathways School
Cambridge, CB21 5EE 		Pupil Referral Unit 31 100% 0%
Ancora House School
Chester, CH2 1BQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 58 100% 11.8%
Devon Hospitals' Short Stay School
Exeter, EX2 5DW 		Pupil Referral Unit 6 0% 0%
The Hope Service
Guildford, GU2 9RS 		Pupil Referral Unit 15 0% 0%
Burton PRU
Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0HR 		Pupil Referral Unit 55 38.5% 34.6%
Sutton Tuition and Reintegration Service
Carshalton, SM5 4NR 		Pupil Referral Unit 54 100% 0%
The Rosewood School
West Malling, ME19 5FF 		Pupil Referral Unit 115 100% 0%
Birchwood
Folkestone, CT19 4FP 		Pupil Referral Unit 31 0% 0%
Enterprise Learning Alliance
Margate, CT9 4JA 		Pupil Referral Unit 87 0% 0%
Two Bridges School
Tunbridge Wells, TN4 0DS 		Pupil Referral Unit 31 0% 0%
Hawkswood Primary PRU
London, E4 7RT 		Pupil Referral Unit 16 0% 0%
Poplar Adolescent Unit
Rochford, SS4 1RB 		Pupil Referral Unit 5 0% 0%
Children's Support Service
Wickford, SS11 7JZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 189 97.8% 40.7%
Hawkswood (Therapeutic)
Chingford, E4 7RT 		Pupil Referral Unit 15 0% 0%

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
Horizon School
(Your chosen school) 		Pupil Referral Unit 44 Sign in to see
Pavilion Study Centre
London, N20 9DX 		Pupil Referral Unit 129
Orchardside School
Enfield, EN1 4RL 		Pupil Referral Unit 67
The Levett School
Doncaster, DN5 7SB 		Pupil Referral Unit 48
Greenwood School
Southampton, SO45 5UQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 53
Dorchester Learning Centre
Dorchester, DT2 9PS 		Pupil Referral Unit 95
North Herts Education Support Centre
Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY 		Pupil Referral Unit 21
Chessbrook Education Support Centre
Watford, WD18 6LJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 29
Stevenage Education Support Centre
Stevenage, SG2 9HQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 52
iCollege Alternative Provision
Newbury, RG14 1QY 		Pupil Referral Unit 111
Dacorum Education Support Centre
Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4HS 		Pupil Referral Unit 47
Trafford Alternative Education Provision
Altrincham, WA14 1SR 		Pupil Referral Unit 96
The Woodbridge Park Education Service
Isleworth, TW7 5ED 		Pupil Referral Unit 206
Leicester Partnership School
Leicester, LE2 3PR 		Pupil Referral Unit 109
Haringey Learning Partnership
London, N22 8DZ 		Pupil Referral Unit 117
Pathways Learning Centre
Bristol, BS16 2RQ 		Pupil Referral Unit 142
Rise Carr College
Darlington, DL3 0NS 		Pupil Referral Unit 86
Mayesbrook Park School
Dagenham, RM9 6TJ 		Pupil Referral Unit 180
The Key Education Centre
Gosport, PO13 0SG 		Pupil Referral Unit 143
The St Aubyn Centre Education Department
Colchester, CO4 5HG 		Pupil Referral Unit 13
The Bridge School
Runcorn, WA7 1PW 		Pupil Referral Unit 95
Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service
Shrewsbury, SY1 4RG 		Pupil Referral Unit 118
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils)
London, SE15 6LF 		Pupil Referral Unit 55
Enterprise Learning Alliance
Margate, CT9 4JA 		Pupil Referral Unit 87
The Clifton Centre
Manchester, M27 8GW 		Pupil Referral Unit 104
Hawkswood Primary PRU
London, E4 7RT 		Pupil Referral Unit 16
New Heights High School
Liverpool, L9 7HA 		Pupil Referral Unit 103
Bridge Street School
Derby, DE1 3LB 		Pupil Referral Unit 228
Hawkswood (Therapeutic)
Chingford, E4 7RT 		Pupil Referral Unit 15
Voyage Learning Campus
Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 9AX 		Pupil Referral Unit 84