Springwell Alternative 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
Springwell Alternative Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	58	90.5%	71.4%
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	64	98.3%	77.2%
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	44	100%	72.2%
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	68	98%	74%
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	55	100%	73.8%
Springwell Harrogate Harrogate, HG1 5EP	Alternative Provision	26	100%	61.1%
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	71	96.7%	77%
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85	100%	78%
Sevenhills Academy Grimsby, DN33 1NU	Alternative Provision	26	100%	70%
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	72	100%	66.7%
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD	Alternative Provision	62	100%	77.8%
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	74	100%	66.7%
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	67	100%	78%
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	68	100%	58.3%
Engage Academy Batley, WF17 5LP	Alternative Provision	29	100%	72.4%
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	44	100%	59.1%
Reach Academy Batley, WF17 0BQ	Alternative Provision	44	100%	56.8%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	67.6%
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	53	100%	67.3%
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF	Alternative Provision	56	100%	70.2%
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	51	100%	72.9%
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	48	100%	64.5%
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	44	100%	72.5%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	59	100%	61%
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	67	79.1%	76.7%
Arbour Academy Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 5AG	Alternative Provision	54	96.2%	73.1%
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	61	100%	66.7%
Kickstart Academy Telford, TF2 9PQ	Alternative Provision	56	94.6%	69.6%
UET Compass Academy Great Yarmouth, NR31 9LD	Alternative Provision	62	100%	66.1%
Park Aspire Alternative Provision Academy Bradford, BD5 8DB	Alternative Provision	64	100%	56.1%

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
Springwell Alternative Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	58	Sign in to see
Everton Free School & Football College Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	316
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	121
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	64
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	45
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	71
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	195
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85
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
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	153
King's Leadership Phoenix Academy Liverpool, L13 1FB	Alternative Provision	40
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	104
The Stephen Longfellow Academy Leeds, LS11 8PG	Alternative Provision	191
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
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	47
The Heights Burnley Burnley, BB12 0DU	Alternative Provision	91
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	93
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	59
Bishopton PRU Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB	Alternative Provision	71
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	89
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	93
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	117
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154
Coventry Alternative Provision Academy Coventry, CV2 5BD	Alternative Provision	80