The Quay School

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 Quay School (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	114	98.6%	69%
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	115	89.5%	84.2%
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	87	90.4%	69.2%
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	134	100%	60.8%
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	72	100%	74.5%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	93	90%	56.7%
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	73	100%	60.9%
North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy Bodmin, PL31 1LZ	Alternative Provision	58	100%	64.9%
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	49	100%	78.8%
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	152	94.7%	76.3%
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	72	100%	68.3%
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	170	100%	69.5%
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	95	100%	72.3%
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	123	96.9%	60%
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	123	100%	60%
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	63	97.2%	72.2%
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	78	100%	80%
Haybrook College Slough, SL1 6LZ	Alternative Provision	168	100%	64.5%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	110	100%	52.4%
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	138	83.8%	66.2%
Unity Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	164	88.3%	74.7%
The Rowans Chatham, ME5 0LB	Alternative Provision	78	100%	64%
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	63	100%	75.5%
Newcastle Bridges School Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 3RU	Alternative Provision	120	97.8%	71.7%
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139	100%	65.5%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	71.2%
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	63	100%	67.2%
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	58	100%	72.9%
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	72	100%	74.1%
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	91	83.3%	67.9%

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 Quay School (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	114	Sign in to see
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	134
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	72
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	93
North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy Bodmin, PL31 1LZ	Alternative Provision	58
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	49
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	78
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	170
The Elland Academy Leeds, LS12 6DQ	Alternative Provision	127
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
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	51
Olive AP Academy - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	34
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	71
Olive AP Academy - Havering Hornchurch, RM11 3UR	Alternative Provision	37
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	139
Mary Astell Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2LW	Alternative Provision	84
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	58
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139
The Shoreline Academy Roundswell, EX31 3UD	Alternative Provision	38
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	63
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF	Alternative Provision	37
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	45
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	84
Bishopton PRU Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB	Alternative Provision	64
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	55
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	91
Lansdown Park Academy Bristol, BS14 8SJ	Alternative Provision	18