The Heights Blackburn

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 Heights Blackburn (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	110	100%	33.3%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	89	88.2%	61.8%
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	107	100%	11.1%
Restormel Academy St Austell, PL25 4TJ	Alternative Provision	35	100%	48.4%
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	72	72.7%	27.3%
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	186	97.1%	48.6%
OA - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	74	100%	55.4%
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133	80.5%	48.8%
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	118	96.2%	49.1%
Coritani Academy Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ	Alternative Provision	27	100%	27.3%
Park School Teaching Service Bolton, BL1 4QR	Alternative Provision	30	100%	50%
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87	100%	67.9%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	87	100%	42.4%
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	68	100%	58.3%
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%
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	49	100%	52.6%
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	68	72%	48%
Hospital and Outreach Education Northampton, NN4 8EN	Alternative Provision	60	100%	14.3%
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	153	100%	56%
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	72	80.7%	54.4%
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	40	86.7%	46.7%
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	174	93.8%	27.1%
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	49	100%	16.3%
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	58	89.5%	47.4%
Saffron Valley Collegiate Croydon, CR0 1QH	Alternative Provision	113	100%	43%
Park Aspire Alternative Provision Academy Bradford, BD5 8DB	Alternative Provision	64	100%	56.1%
New Horizons Academy Northampton, NN1 2NE	Alternative Provision	75	100%	40.4%
Chiltern Way Academy Futures Basingstoke, RG23 8AA	Alternative Provision	48	64.5%	45.2%
Laurus Grace Stockport, SK7 5JX	Alternative Provision	20	100%	40%

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	110	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 Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	121
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	64
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	100
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
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	118
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	155
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	72
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
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	61
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87
OA - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	48
OA - Havering Hornchurch, RM11 3UR	Alternative Provision	39
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	137
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	49
Mary Astell Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2LW	Alternative Provision	52
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	68
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	47
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	153
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139
Beckmead Moundwood Academy Harlow, CM18 7EZ	Alternative Provision	67
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154
New Horizons Academy Northampton, NN1 2NE	Alternative Provision	75