Southend YMCA Community 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
Southend YMCA Community School (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	72	72.7%	27.3%
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	42	60%	60%
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	110	100%	33.3%
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	107	100%	11.1%
Restormel Academy St Austell, PL25 4TJ	Alternative Provision	35	100%	48.4%
OA - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	74	100%	55.4%
Beacon Business Innovation Hub Ilford, IG4 5LP	Alternative Provision	40	75%	50%
Coritani Academy Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ	Alternative Provision	27	100%	27.3%
OA - Cambridge Cambridge, CB4 2BD	Alternative Provision	46	44.4%	44.4%
OA - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43	75%	12.5%
Parkside Academy Ipswich, IP4 5ND	Alternative Provision	23	100%	50%
OA - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	48	100%	60%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	87	100%	42.4%
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	80	62.5%	60.7%
OA - Havering Hornchurch, RM11 3UR	Alternative Provision	39	39.4%	42.4%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	118	100%	54.2%
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	68	72%	48%
Hospital and Outreach Education Northampton, NN4 8EN	Alternative Provision	60	100%	14.3%
Alderwood Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	17	100%	33.3%
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	47	40%	20%
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	72	80.7%	54.4%
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	40	86.7%	46.7%
Wey Valley College Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	29	100%	47.4%
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	49	100%	16.3%
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	58	89.5%	47.4%
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	89	36%	38%
Saffron Valley Collegiate Croydon, CR0 1QH	Alternative Provision	113	100%	43%
New Horizons Academy Northampton, NN1 2NE	Alternative Provision	75	100%	40.4%
Chiltern Way Academy Futures Basingstoke, RG23 8AA	Alternative Provision	48	64.5%	45.2%
Laurus Grace Stockport, SK7 5JX	Alternative Provision	20	100%	40%

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
Southend YMCA Community School (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	72	Sign in to see
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	42
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	39
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
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	54
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 - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	48
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
Alderwood Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	17
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75
Torlands Academy Exeter, EX4 1PT	Alternative Provision	139
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
Fordway Centre Ashford, TW15 3DU	Alternative Provision	12
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
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