Acorn Free 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
Acorn Free School (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	54	0%	0%
Derby Pride Academy Derby, DE24 8BY	Alternative Provision	30	0%	0%
East Birmingham Network Academy Birmingham, B26 1AL	Alternative Provision	59	0%	0%
Abbey View Tewkesbury, GL20 5SW	Alternative Provision	27	0%	0%
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	45	0%	0%
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	72	72.7%	27.3%
The Jubilee Academy Harrow, HA1 3AW	Alternative Provision	68	0%	0%
Southampton Hospital School Southampton, SO16 6HU	Alternative Provision	27	50%	0%
The Pears Family School London, N1 9JH	Alternative Provision	32	0%	0%
Education Links London, E15 1TT	Alternative Provision	106	14.7%	22.7%
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	60	0%	0%
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	21	0%	0%
OA - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43	75%	12.5%
Beacon of Light School Sunderland, SR5 1SN	Alternative Provision	69	0%	0%
St Christopher's Academy Ipswich, IP4 3HG	Alternative Provision	24	0%	0%
King's Leadership Phoenix Academy Liverpool, L13 1FB	Alternative Provision	40	0%	0%
The Stephen Longfellow Academy Leeds, LS11 8PG	Alternative Provision	191	0%	0%
Hospital and Outreach Education Northampton, NN4 8EN	Alternative Provision	60	100%	14.3%
First Base Ipswich Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	6	0%	0%
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	47	40%	20%
The Heights Burnley Burnley, BB12 0DU	Alternative Provision	91	0%	0%
First Base Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7PJ	Alternative Provision	5	0%	0%
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68	0%	0%
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	93	0%	0%
Consilium Evolve Sunderland, SR2 7NA	Alternative Provision	27	0%	0%
Roundwood School and Community Centre London, NW10 3UN	Alternative Provision	27	0%	44.4%
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	89	36%	38%
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP	Alternative Provision	22	0%	0%
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	3	0%	0%
New Horizons Academy Northampton, NN1 2NE	Alternative Provision	75	100%	40.4%

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
Acorn Free School (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	54	Sign in to see
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	39
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	53
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	44
North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy Bodmin, PL31 1LZ	Alternative Provision	63
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	55
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	72
Springwell Harrogate Harrogate, HG1 5EP	Alternative Provision	26
The Elland Academy Leeds, LS12 6DQ	Alternative Provision	120
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	121
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	61
OA - Havering Hornchurch, RM11 3UR	Alternative Provision	39
Denewood Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	118
Unity Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	232
The Lodestar Academy Torquay, TQ2 8JE	Alternative Provision	48
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	49
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
Chalk Hill Sudbury, CO10 2SF	Alternative Provision	19
Beckmead Moundwood Academy Harlow, CM18 7EZ	Alternative Provision	67
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy Stafford, ST17 4BG	Alternative Provision	55
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	67
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	58
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	93
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	61
Lansdown Park Academy Bristol, BS14 8SJ	Alternative Provision	20
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	3
Park Aspire Alternative Provision Academy Bradford, BD5 8DB	Alternative Provision	64
Chiltern Way Academy Futures Basingstoke, RG23 8AA	Alternative Provision	48