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	192	88.5%	53.8%
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	134	100%	60.8%
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	114	98.6%	69%
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	108	100%	40%
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	152	94.7%	76.3%
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	170	100%	69.5%
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	123	96.9%	60%
The Elland Academy Leeds, LS12 6DQ	Alternative Provision	127	100%	50%
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	123	100%	60%
Meadowbrook College Oxford, OX3 0PG	Alternative Provision	116	60%	40%
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	135	56.8%	55.9%
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	139	48.6%	65.7%
Haybrook College Slough, SL1 6LZ	Alternative Provision	168	100%	64.5%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	71	100%	37.9%
Aspire High Wycombe, HP13 6PQ	Alternative Provision	226	100%	64.9%
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	139	50%	62.9%
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%
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	141	58.6%	65.8%
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	206	69.9%	54.1%
Newcastle Bridges School Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 3RU	Alternative Provision	120	97.8%	71.7%
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	165	99.1%	60.2%
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139	100%	65.5%
Esteem North Academy Chesterfield, S41 0LN	Alternative Provision	240	100%	71.1%
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	72	100%	74.1%
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	84	100%	52.6%
The CE Academy Northampton, NN1 3EX	Alternative Provision	165	100%	58%
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	137	75.3%	44.3%

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	192	Sign in to see
Everton Free School Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	307
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	87
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	129
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	37
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	47
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	95
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	123
The ArtsXchange London, EC1V 1JX	Alternative Provision	37
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	63
Meadowbrook College Oxford, OX3 0PG	Alternative Provision	116
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	139
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
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87
Olive AP Academy - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	34
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	71
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	87
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	138
The Rowans Chatham, ME5 0LB	Alternative Provision	78
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	81
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	46
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	165
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	72
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	84
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	148
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	84
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	137