The Compass Academy

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 Compass Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	64	98.3%	77.2%
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	44	100%	72.2%
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	68	98%	74%
North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy Bodmin, PL31 1LZ	Alternative Provision	63	100%	80.4%
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	55	100%	73.8%
Springwell Harrogate Harrogate, HG1 5EP	Alternative Provision	26	100%	61.1%
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	71	96.7%	77%
Ormiston Latimer Academy London, W10 6TT	Alternative Provision	55	100%	83.7%
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%
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	58	90.5%	71.4%
Sevenhills Academy Grimsby, DN33 1NU	Alternative Provision	26	100%	70%
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD	Alternative Provision	62	100%	77.8%
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	67	100%	78%
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	61	100%	80.5%
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	68	100%	58.3%
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	61	100%	79.1%
Engage Academy Batley, WF17 5LP	Alternative Provision	29	100%	72.4%
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	44	100%	59.1%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	67.6%
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	54	100%	79.2%
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	88	98.8%	81.5%
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF	Alternative Provision	56	100%	70.2%
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	51	100%	72.9%
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	44	100%	72.5%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	59	100%	61%
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	67	79.1%	76.7%
Arbour Academy Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 5AG	Alternative Provision	54	96.2%	73.1%
Alder Brook Primary Partnership Centre Salford, M30 8LE	Alternative Provision	79	100%	81.1%
Kickstart Academy Telford, TF2 9PQ	Alternative Provision	56	94.6%	69.6%

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 Compass Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	64	Sign in to see
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	96
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	110
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	100
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	45
Springwell Harrogate Harrogate, HG1 5EP	Alternative Provision	26
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	118
The Elland Academy Leeds, LS12 6DQ	Alternative Provision	120
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	121
Sevenhills Academy Grimsby, DN33 1NU	Alternative Provision	26
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
OA - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	48
OA - Havering Hornchurch, RM11 3UR	Alternative Provision	39
Denewood Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	118
Unity Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	232
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	49
Mary Astell Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2LW	Alternative Provision	52
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF	Alternative Provision	56
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68
Beckmead Moundwood Academy Harlow, CM18 7EZ	Alternative Provision	67
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	67
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	93
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154
Park Aspire Alternative Provision Academy Bradford, BD5 8DB	Alternative Provision	64
Chiltern Way Academy Futures Basingstoke, RG23 8AA	Alternative Provision	48