Pixel - Benchmarking Service
Barnsley town hall
Online on Teams (recording will be available shortly afterwards)
Starts: Wed 1st July 2026, 10.00 am
This is a webinar for authorities who do not currently subscribe to Pixel's Benchmarking Service - but would like to find out more.
The service is a dynamic, user-accessible Financial Benchmarking report suite using Microsoft Power BI that enables users to interrogate and easily analyse and compare a vast array of different Government data in one place including
Andrew Cross will provide an overview of the benchmarking service, including:
- Revenue Outturn and RA Budget reports that provide drill-downable financial data for all service types including time series, cost per head, rankings, cost vs Index of Multiple Deprivation scores, scale of spend above or below comparator averages and more
- Local Outcomes Framework – reports that shows Local Outcomes Framework performance metrics alongside RO service cost metrics and Inspection outcomes.
- Core Spending Power – CSP per head comparators, CSP growth, CSP per head vs Index of Multiple Deprivation comparisons
- Council Tax – Band D comparisons, Council Tax per head, LCTS claimant data and more
- NNDR retained growth above the baseline – time series and value per head comparisons
- Borrowing and Investments – time series and value per head comparisons
- Reserves - time series and reserves per head comparisons
- Sales Fees and Charges – time series and SFC per head comparisons by RO service type
- Children’s Social Care and Ofsted S251 – time series, cost per head comparisons, Ofsted inspection ratings, CLA numbers per 10,000 comparison and more
- Children’s Social Care workforce – Agency %, turnover, caseloads per Social Worker comparisons and more
- Adult Social Care and CQC inspections – RO and RA timeseries by ASC service type, cost per head comparisons, cost per head rank, CQC scores and more
- Waste Management and DEFRA performance – RO and RA timeseries by Waste service type, cost per head comparator, cost per tonne comparators, recycling % and more
- Highways and Transport Services – RO and RA timeseries by type, cost per head, DfT Local Road maintenance RAG ratings
- Dedicated Schools Grant balances - time series, balances per pupil comparisons