Harmonize Academy AP Free 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
Harmonize Academy AP Free School (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	115	89.5%	84.2%
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	45	100%	80%
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%
Ormiston Bridge Academy London, SW6 6HB	Alternative Provision	56	100%	81.4%
Titan St Georges Academy Birmingham, B6 6EE	Alternative Provision	81	66.7%	75%
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	49	100%	78.8%
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	152	94.7%	76.3%
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	72	100%	68.3%
Ormiston Latimer Academy London, W10 6TT	Alternative Provision	66	100%	81.1%
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	170	100%	69.5%
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%
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	78	100%	80%
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	51	97.5%	70%
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87	64.8%	71.8%
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%
Unity Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	164	88.3%	74.7%
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	63	100%	75.5%
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%
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139	100%	65.5%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	71.2%
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	58	100%	72.9%
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	72	100%	74.1%
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	55	92.1%	76.3%
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	51	100%	75%
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
Harmonize Academy AP Free School (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	115	Sign in to see
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	45
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	39
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	73
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	152
Ormiston Latimer Academy London, W10 6TT	Alternative Provision	66
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	123
Sevenhills Academy Grimsby, DN33 1NU	Alternative Provision	40
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	135
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	75
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	139
Olive AP Academy - Cambridge Cambridge, CB4 2BD	Alternative Provision	48
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	78
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	60
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	110
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	63
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	141
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	206
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	46
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	165
Esteem North Academy Chesterfield, S41 0LN	Alternative Provision	240
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	87
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	72
Wey Valley College Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	45
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	44
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	84
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	48
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	107
Daylesford Academy Solihull, B92 7QW	Alternative Provision	24