The Aspire 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
The Aspire Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	133	80.5%	48.8%
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%
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	53	80%	60%
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	186	97.1%	48.6%
OA - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	74	100%	55.4%
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%
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	72	100%	66.7%
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	104	42.3%	59%
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%
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%
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	128	53.6%	67.3%
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	68	72%	48%
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%
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	72	80.7%	54.4%
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	117	71.6%	65.4%
Saffron Valley Collegiate Croydon, CR0 1QH	Alternative Provision	113	100%	43%
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	61	100%	66.7%
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154	80.3%	65.4%
Coventry Alternative Provision Academy Coventry, CV2 5BD	Alternative Provision	80	60.6%	66.2%
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
The Aspire Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	133	Sign in to see
Everton Free School & Football College Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	316
East Birmingham Network Academy Birmingham, B26 1AL	Alternative Provision	59
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	100
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	89
OA - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	74
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	195
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	60
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD	Alternative Provision	62
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
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	87
King's Leadership Phoenix Academy Liverpool, L13 1FB	Alternative Provision	40
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	104
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	137
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	68
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	56
The Heights Burnley Burnley, BB12 0DU	Alternative Provision	91
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	53
Titan Aston Academy Birmingham, B6 4EA	Alternative Provision	41
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	54
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	40
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	93
Roundwood School and Community Centre London, NW10 3UN	Alternative Provision	27
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	44
Bishopton PRU Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB	Alternative Provision	71
Unity Academy Kidderminster, DY10 2QJ	Alternative Provision	36
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154
Coventry Alternative Provision Academy Coventry, CV2 5BD	Alternative Provision	80