The Academy of Central Bedfordshire

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
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	121	96%	70%
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	121	100%	85.7%
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	96	95.7%	69.6%
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	100	96.9%	65.6%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	89	88.2%	61.8%
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%
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%
OA - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	74	100%	55.4%
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85	100%	78%
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	121	100%	84.6%
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	72	100%	66.7%
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	74	100%	66.7%
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87	100%	67.9%
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	80	62.5%	60.7%
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	153	95.4%	62.1%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	118	100%	54.2%
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%
Newcastle Bridges School Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 3RU	Alternative Provision	129	91.9%	68.9%
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	153	100%	56%
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139	99.2%	70.2%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	67.6%
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	88	98.8%	81.5%
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	117	71.6%	65.4%
Alder Brook Primary Partnership Centre Salford, M30 8LE	Alternative Provision	79	100%	81.1%
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154	80.3%	65.4%
UET Compass Academy Great Yarmouth, NR31 9LD	Alternative Provision	62	100%	66.1%

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
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	121	Sign in to see
Everton Free School & Football College Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	316
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	96
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	110
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	64
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	45
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	52
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	186
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	118
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	58
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	60
River Tees Secondary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD	Alternative Provision	143
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	74
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	21
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87
OA - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	48
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	153
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	137
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	68
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	47
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	40
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	93
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	141
Beckmead Moundwood Academy Harlow, CM18 7EZ	Alternative Provision	67
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	117
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154
Coventry Alternative Provision Academy Coventry, CV2 5BD	Alternative Provision	80
New Horizons Academy Northampton, NN1 2NE	Alternative Provision	75