The Edge 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 Edge Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	75	100%	50%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	93	90%	56.7%
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	39	100%	57.1%
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	108	100%	40%
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	73	100%	60.9%
Restormel Academy St Austell, PL25 4TJ	Alternative Provision	36	100%	51.7%
Springwell Harrogate Harrogate, HG1 5EP	Alternative Provision	27	100%	47.4%
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	47	100%	47.4%
Beacon Business Innovation Hub Ilford, IG4 5LP	Alternative Provision	52	74.4%	55.8%
Endeavour Academy Durham Peterlee, SR8 2RN	Alternative Provision	51	100%	57.1%
The Elland Academy Leeds, LS12 6DQ	Alternative Provision	127	100%	50%
The Sullivan Centre Hull, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	33	100%	51.9%
Olive AP Academy - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43	100%	60%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	71	100%	37.9%
Evergreen Academy Wolverhampton, WV6 0UA	Alternative Provision	29	86.4%	63.6%
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	60	97.8%	57.8%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	110	100%	52.4%
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	80	77.8%	29.6%
The Rowans Chatham, ME5 0LB	Alternative Provision	78	100%	64%
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	52	100%	57.1%
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	58	100%	55.3%
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	46	100%	44.4%
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	57	100%	62.2%
Wey Valley College Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	45	100%	62.5%
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	44	100%	56.7%
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	84	100%	52.6%
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	43	100%	69.2%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	56	100%	55.4%
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	51	100%	61.9%
Kickstart Academy Telford, TF2 9PQ	Alternative Provision	46	100%	65.2%

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 Edge Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	75	Sign in to see
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	115
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	45
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	134
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	72
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
The ArtsXchange London, EC1V 1JX	Alternative Provision	37
Sevenhills Academy Grimsby, DN33 1NU	Alternative Provision	40
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	139
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
Olive AP Academy - Havering Hornchurch, RM11 3UR	Alternative Provision	37
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	139
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	80
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	141
Mary Astell Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2LW	Alternative Provision	84
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	165
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	72
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	84
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	55
Daylesford Academy Solihull, B92 7QW	Alternative Provision	24
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	91
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	51