Bridge 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
Bridge Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	186	97.1%	48.6%
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	121	96%	70%
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	110	100%	33.3%
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	100	96.9%	65.6%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	89	88.2%	61.8%
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	163	100%	71%
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133	80.5%	48.8%
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	195	100%	73.8%
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	118	96.2%	49.1%
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	155	63.5%	64.2%
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	104	42.3%	59%
Haybrook College Slough, SL1 6LZ	Alternative Provision	180	100%	64.3%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	87	100%	42.4%
Aspire High Wycombe, HP13 6PQ	Alternative Provision	253	100%	57.6%
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	153	95.4%	62.1%
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%
Unity Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	232	91.3%	76.5%
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	128	53.6%	67.3%
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	208	71.3%	56.6%
Newcastle Bridges School Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 3RU	Alternative Provision	129	91.9%	68.9%
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	153	100%	56%
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139	99.2%	70.2%
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	174	93.8%	27.1%
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	58	89.5%	47.4%
The CE Academy Northampton, NN1 3EX	Alternative Provision	162	54.6%	67.8%
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	117	71.6%	65.4%
Saffron Valley Collegiate Croydon, CR0 1QH	Alternative Provision	113	100%	43%
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154	80.3%	65.4%

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
Bridge Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	186	Sign in to see
Everton Free School & Football College Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	316
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	96
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	121
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	110
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	64
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	45
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	52
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	118
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	155
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
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87
OA - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	48
Aspire High Wycombe, HP13 6PQ	Alternative Provision	253
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	153
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	137
Mary Astell Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2LW	Alternative Provision	52
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	68
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	47
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	153
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	58
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	93
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	117
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154
New Horizons Academy Northampton, NN1 2NE	Alternative Provision	75
Chiltern Way Academy Futures Basingstoke, RG23 8AA	Alternative Provision	48