The Academy of Central Bedfordshire

Schools we chose for benchmarking

This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.

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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%