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
Aspire Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	195	100%	73.8%
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	121	100%	85.7%
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	121	96%	70%
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	64	98.3%	77.2%
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	186	97.1%	48.6%
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	163	100%	71%
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85	100%	78%
The Elland Academy Leeds, LS12 6DQ	Alternative Provision	120	100%	90%
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	121	100%	84.6%
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	58	90.5%	71.4%
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	155	63.5%	64.2%
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD	Alternative Provision	62	100%	77.8%
Haybrook College Slough, SL1 6LZ	Alternative Provision	180	100%	64.3%
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	68	100%	58.3%
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%
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	137	90.2%	72.1%
Denewood Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	118	88.2%	82.7%
Unity Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	232	91.3%	76.5%
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%
Esteem North Academy Chesterfield, S41 0LN	Alternative Provision	274	100%	78.8%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	67.6%
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	72	80.7%	54.4%
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	67	79.1%	76.7%
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	93	61.6%	76.7%
The CE Academy Northampton, NN1 3EX	Alternative Provision	162	54.6%	67.8%
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
Aspire Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	195	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
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	89
The Jubilee Academy Harrow, HA1 3AW	Alternative Provision	68
OA - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	74
Beacon Business Innovation Hub Ilford, IG4 5LP	Alternative Provision	40
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133
The Pears Family School London, N1 9JH	Alternative Provision	32
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	58
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	60
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD	Alternative Provision	62
OA - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43
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
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	56
The Heights Burnley Burnley, BB12 0DU	Alternative Provision	91
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	54
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	88
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	51
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
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	59
Bishopton PRU Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB	Alternative Provision	71
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	93
North Star 265° Bristol, BS9 2NT	Alternative Provision	8
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154
Coventry Alternative Provision Academy Coventry, CV2 5BD	Alternative Provision	80