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	121	100%	85.7%
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	96	95.7%	69.6%
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	121	96%	70%
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	64	98.3%	77.2%
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	100	96.9%	65.6%
Titan St Georges Academy Birmingham, B6 6EE	Alternative Provision	77	80%	80%
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	68	98%	74%
North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy Bodmin, PL31 1LZ	Alternative Provision	63	100%	80.4%
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	163	100%	71%
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	71	96.7%	77%
Ormiston Latimer Academy London, W10 6TT	Alternative Provision	55	100%	83.7%
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85	100%	78%
The Elland Academy Leeds, LS12 6DQ	Alternative Provision	120	100%	90%
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	121	100%	84.6%
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	155	63.5%	64.2%
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD	Alternative Provision	62	100%	77.8%
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	67	100%	78%
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	61	100%	80.5%
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87	100%	67.9%
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	104	100%	63.6%
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	137	90.2%	72.1%
Denewood Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	118	88.2%	82.7%
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	61	100%	79.1%
Newcastle Bridges School Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 3RU	Alternative Provision	129	91.9%	68.9%
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139	99.2%	70.2%
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	88	98.8%	81.5%
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	67	79.1%	76.7%
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	93	61.6%	76.7%
Arbour Academy Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 5AG	Alternative Provision	54	96.2%	73.1%
Alder Brook Primary Partnership Centre Salford, M30 8LE	Alternative Provision	79	100%	81.1%

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	121	Sign in to see
Titan St Georges Academy Birmingham, B6 6EE	Alternative Provision	77
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	68
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	163
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	155
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	72
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	104
The Sullivan Centre Hull, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	29
OA - Cambridge Cambridge, CB4 2BD	Alternative Provision	46
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	61
Parkside Academy Ipswich, IP4 5ND	Alternative Provision	23
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	80
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	68
St Christopher's Academy Ipswich, IP4 3HG	Alternative Provision	24
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	118
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	61
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	128
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	208
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	44
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	153
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139
Esteem North Academy Chesterfield, S41 0LN	Alternative Provision	274
River Dart Academy Dartington, TQ9 6JD	Alternative Provision	39
Harbour Vale School Sherborne, DT9 4DN	Alternative Provision	31
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	141
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	48
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	174
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	49
Archway Academy Middlesbrough, TS6 0DD	Alternative Provision	89
Alder Brook Primary Partnership Centre Salford, M30 8LE	Alternative Provision	79