Youth Challenge 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 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
Youth Challenge Pru (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	87	64.8%	71.8%
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	115	89.5%	84.2%
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	87	90.4%	69.2%
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	72	100%	74.5%
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	114	98.6%	69%
Titan St Georges Academy Birmingham, B6 6EE	Alternative Provision	81	66.7%	75%
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	72	100%	68.3%
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	95	100%	72.3%
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	63	97.2%	72.2%
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	135	56.8%	55.9%
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	139	48.6%	65.7%
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	51	97.5%	70%
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	87	71%	61.3%
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	139	50%	62.9%
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	138	83.8%	66.2%
Denewood Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	107	83.3%	84.4%
The Lodestar Academy Torquay, TQ2 8JE	Alternative Provision	51	52.1%	64.6%
The Rowans Chatham, ME5 0LB	Alternative Provision	78	100%	64%
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	63	100%	75.5%
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	141	58.6%	65.8%
Mary Astell Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2LW	Alternative Provision	84	79.1%	80.6%
Newcastle Bridges School Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 3RU	Alternative Provision	120	97.8%	71.7%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	71.2%
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	63	100%	67.2%
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	87	65.4%	60.3%
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	72	100%	74.1%
Archway Academy Middlesbrough, TS6 0DD	Alternative Provision	78	38.7%	82.7%
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	55	92.1%	76.3%
Oakfield Lodge School Crewe, CW1 4PP	Alternative Provision	45	46.7%	68.9%
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	91	83.3%	67.9%

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
Youth Challenge Pru (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	87	Sign in to see
Everton Free School Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	307
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	115
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	87
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	129
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	37
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	47
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	192
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	152
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	72
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	95
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	123
The ArtsXchange London, EC1V 1JX	Alternative Provision	37
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	63
Meadowbrook College Oxford, OX3 0PG	Alternative Provision	116
River Tees Secondary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD	Alternative Provision	108
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	42
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	22
Olive AP Academy - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	34
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	87
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	138
The Rowans Chatham, ME5 0LB	Alternative Provision	78
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	81
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	46
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	165
The Heights Burnley Burnley, BB12 0DU	Alternative Provision	81
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	148
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	48
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	137