The Heights Blackburn

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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 Heights Blackburn (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	129	100%	0%
Stone Soup Academy Nottingham, NG1 1HN	Alternative Provision	100	0%	0%
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	55	100%	0%
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	108	100%	40%
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	53	33.3%	33.3%
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	70	72.2%	38.9%
The Elland Academy Leeds, LS12 6DQ	Alternative Provision	127	100%	50%
The ArtsXchange London, EC1V 1JX	Alternative Provision	37	87%	39.1%
Coritani Academy Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ	Alternative Provision	20	100%	37.5%
Meadowbrook College Oxford, OX3 0PG	Alternative Provision	116	60%	40%
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	135	56.8%	55.9%
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	42	100%	0%
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	22	66.7%	33.3%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	71	100%	37.9%
King's Leadership Phoenix Academy Liverpool, L13 1FB	Alternative Provision	20	33.3%	33.3%
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	80	77.8%	29.6%
The Stephen Longfellow Academy Leeds, LS11 8PG	Alternative Provision	190	100%	0%
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	52	100%	57.1%
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	81	66.7%	40%
Hospital and Outreach Education Northampton, NN4 8EN	Alternative Provision	43	100%	0%
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	46	100%	44.4%
The Heights Burnley Burnley, BB12 0DU	Alternative Provision	81	0%	0%
Torlands Academy Exeter, EX4 1PT	Alternative Provision	136	0%	0%
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68	100%	0%
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	84	0%	0%
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	48	100%	22.9%
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP	Alternative Provision	23	100%	0%
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	137	75.3%	44.3%
Arbour Academy Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 5AG	Alternative Provision	44	92.3%	30.8%
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	2	100%	0%

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 Heights Blackburn (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	129	Sign in to see
Everton Free School Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	307
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	115
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	87
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	37
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	47
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	192
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	152
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	95
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	123
The ArtsXchange London, EC1V 1JX	Alternative Provision	37
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	63
Meadowbrook College Oxford, OX3 0PG	Alternative Provision	116
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	61
River Tees Secondary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD	Alternative Provision	108
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	42
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	22
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87
Olive AP Academy - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	34
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	87
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	138
The Rowans Chatham, ME5 0LB	Alternative Provision	78
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	81
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	46
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	165
The Heights Burnley Burnley, BB12 0DU	Alternative Provision	81
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	148
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	48
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	137