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	170	100%	69.5%
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	115	89.5%	84.2%
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	134	100%	60.8%
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	72	100%	74.5%
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	114	98.6%	69%
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	192	88.5%	53.8%
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	152	94.7%	76.3%
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	95	100%	72.3%
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%
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	63	97.2%	72.2%
Haybrook College Slough, SL1 6LZ	Alternative Provision	168	100%	64.5%
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	60	97.8%	57.8%
Aspire High Wycombe, HP13 6PQ	Alternative Provision	226	100%	64.9%
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%
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%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	71.2%
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	87	65.4%	60.3%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	56	100%	55.4%
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	55	92.1%	76.3%
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	91	83.3%	67.9%
The CE Academy Northampton, NN1 3EX	Alternative Provision	165	100%	58%

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	170	Sign in to see
Everton Free School Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	307
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	72
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	114
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	93
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	78
Beacon Business Innovation Hub Ilford, IG4 5LP	Alternative Provision	52
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	95
The Elland Academy Leeds, LS12 6DQ	Alternative Provision	127
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	123
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	63
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	61
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
Olive AP Academy - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	34
Beacon of Light School Sunderland, SR5 1SN	Alternative Provision	63
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	71
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	58
The Heights Burnley Burnley, BB12 0DU	Alternative Provision	81
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	63
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	58
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	54
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	45
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	84
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	56
Bishopton PRU Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB	Alternative Provision	64
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	55
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	91