The Heights Blackburn

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 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%