Bridge Academy

Schools we chose for benchmarking

This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.

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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%