Parkside 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
Parkside Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	3	0%	0%
Stone Soup Academy Nottingham, NG1 1HN	Alternative Provision	100	0%	0%
East Birmingham Network Academy Birmingham, B26 1AL	Alternative Provision	69	0%	0%
Abbey View Tewkesbury, GL20 5SW	Alternative Provision	39	0%	0%
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	53	33.3%	33.3%
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	37	0%	0%
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	70	72.2%	38.9%
Southampton Hospital School Southampton, SO16 6HU	Alternative Provision	28	0%	0%
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	78	58.9%	48.2%
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	61	0%	0%
Olive AP Academy - Cambridge Cambridge, CB4 2BD	Alternative Provision	48	0%	50%
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	22	66.7%	33.3%
Westbridge Academy Ipswich, IP1 2HE	Alternative Provision	3	0%	0%
Beacon of Light School Sunderland, SR5 1SN	Alternative Provision	63	0%	0%
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	87	71%	61.3%
St Christopher's Academy Ipswich, IP4 3HG	Alternative Provision	6	0%	0%
King's Leadership Phoenix Academy Liverpool, L13 1FB	Alternative Provision	20	33.3%	33.3%
Alderwood Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	11	0%	0%
First Base Ipswich Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	3	0%	0%
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	46	42.9%	42.9%
The Heights Burnley Burnley, BB12 0DU	Alternative Provision	81	0%	0%
First Base Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7PJ	Alternative Provision	4	0%	0%
Torlands Academy Exeter, EX4 1PT	Alternative Provision	136	0%	0%
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	84	0%	0%
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	148	28.2%	50%
Consilium Evolve Sunderland, SR2 7NA	Alternative Provision	35	0%	0%
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	48	100%	22.9%
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	107	20.4%	38.8%
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP	Alternative Provision	23	100%	0%
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	2	100%	0%

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
Parkside Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	3	Sign in to see
Stone Soup Academy Nottingham, NG1 1HN	Alternative Provision	100
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	45
Abbey View Tewkesbury, GL20 5SW	Alternative Provision	39
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	34
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	70
Ormiston Latimer Academy London, W10 6TT	Alternative Provision	66
Olive AP Academy - Cambridge Cambridge, CB4 2BD	Alternative Provision	48
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	78
Westbridge Academy Ipswich, IP1 2HE	Alternative Provision	3
ACE Schools Plymouth Plymouth, PL4 0AT	Alternative Provision	267
The Boxing Academy AP Free School London, E5 8PH	Alternative Provision	41
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	60
St Christopher's Academy Ipswich, IP4 3HG	Alternative Provision	6
Aspire High Wycombe, HP13 6PQ	Alternative Provision	226
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	110
The Lodestar Academy Torquay, TQ2 8JE	Alternative Provision	51
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	63
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	206
Hospital and Outreach Education Northampton, NN4 8EN	Alternative Provision	43
Engage Academy Batley, WF17 5LP	Alternative Provision	28
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	46
Reach Academy Batley, WF17 0BQ	Alternative Provision	24
Esteem South Academy Swadlincote, DE11 0TW	Alternative Provision	28
Esteem North Academy Chesterfield, S41 0LN	Alternative Provision	240
River Dart Academy Dartington, TQ9 6JD	Alternative Provision	19
Harbour Vale School Sherborne, DT9 4DN	Alternative Provision	23
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	44
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	107
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	2