Continu Plus 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
Continu Plus Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	89	88.2%	61.8%
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	96	95.7%	69.6%
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	100	96.9%	65.6%
Ormiston Bridge Academy London, SW6 6HB	Alternative Provision	56	100%	60.9%
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	53	80%	60%
Titan St Georges Academy Birmingham, B6 6EE	Alternative Provision	77	80%	80%
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	52	100%	63.6%
OA - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	74	100%	55.4%
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133	80.5%	48.8%
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	72	100%	66.7%
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	74	100%	66.7%
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87	100%	67.9%
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	80	62.5%	60.7%
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%
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	137	90.2%	72.1%
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	56	100%	62%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	67.6%
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	53	100%	67.3%
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	72	80.7%	54.4%
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	44	100%	72.5%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	59	100%	61%
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	117	71.6%	65.4%
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	61	100%	66.7%
Unity Academy Kidderminster, DY10 2QJ	Alternative Provision	36	100%	67.9%
Kickstart Academy Telford, TF2 9PQ	Alternative Provision	56	94.6%	69.6%
UET Compass Academy Great Yarmouth, NR31 9LD	Alternative Provision	62	100%	66.1%
Park Aspire Alternative Provision Academy Bradford, BD5 8DB	Alternative Provision	64	100%	56.1%
Coventry Alternative Provision Academy Coventry, CV2 5BD	Alternative Provision	80	60.6%	66.2%

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
Continu Plus Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	89	Sign in to see
East Birmingham Network Academy Birmingham, B26 1AL	Alternative Provision	59
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	53
The Jubilee Academy Harrow, HA1 3AW	Alternative Provision	68
OA - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	74
Beacon Business Innovation Hub Ilford, IG4 5LP	Alternative Provision	40
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	195
The Pears Family School London, N1 9JH	Alternative Provision	32
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	60
The Fermain Academy Macclesfield, SK11 8JF	Alternative Provision	59
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD	Alternative Provision	62
OA - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	87
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	104
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	56
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	53
Titan Aston Academy Birmingham, B6 4EA	Alternative Provision	41
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	54
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	88
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	51
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	40
Roundwood School and Community Centre London, NW10 3UN	Alternative Provision	27
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	44
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	59
Bishopton PRU Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB	Alternative Provision	71
Oakfield Lodge School Crewe, CW1 4PP	Alternative Provision	37
Unity Academy Kidderminster, DY10 2QJ	Alternative Provision	36
North Star 265° Bristol, BS9 2NT	Alternative Provision	8
Coventry Alternative Provision Academy Coventry, CV2 5BD	Alternative Provision	80