Forwards Centre

Schools we chose for benchmarking

This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.

Choose your own set of schools

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
Forwards Centre (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	51	97.5%	70%
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	72	100%	74.5%
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	34	100%	73.5%
North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy Bodmin, PL31 1LZ	Alternative Provision	58	100%	64.9%
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	49	100%	78.8%
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	72	100%	68.3%
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	63	97.2%	72.2%
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD	Alternative Provision	41	100%	75%
Park School Teaching Service Bolton, BL1 4QR	Alternative Provision	31	100%	63.6%
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87	64.8%	71.8%
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	52	100%	57.1%
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	63	100%	75.5%
Engage Academy Batley, WF17 5LP	Alternative Provision	28	100%	69.2%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	71.2%
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	57	100%	62.2%
The Shoreline Academy Roundswell, EX31 3UD	Alternative Provision	38	100%	63.9%
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	63	100%	67.2%
River Dart Academy Dartington, TQ9 6JD	Alternative Provision	19	100%	68.4%
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	58	100%	72.9%
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF	Alternative Provision	37	100%	71.9%
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	54	100%	69.4%
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	45	95.2%	71.4%
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	72	100%	74.1%
Wey Valley College Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	45	100%	62.5%
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	43	100%	69.2%
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	55	92.1%	76.3%
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	51	100%	75%
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	51	100%	61.9%
Lansdown Park Academy Bristol, BS14 8SJ	Alternative Provision	18	100%	71.4%
Kickstart Academy Telford, TF2 9PQ	Alternative Provision	46	100%	65.2%