Parkside Academy

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
Parkside Academy
(Your chosen school) 		Alternative Provision 23 100% 50%
Links Academy
St Albans, AL4 0TZ 		Alternative Provision 42 60% 60%
Ormiston Bridge Academy
London, SW6 6HB 		Alternative Provision 56 100% 60.9%
The Pinetree School
Thetford, IP24 3LH 		Alternative Provision 39 100% 66.7%
Restormel Academy
St Austell, PL25 4TJ 		Alternative Provision 35 100% 48.4%
Springwell Harrogate
Harrogate, HG1 5EP 		Alternative Provision 26 100% 61.1%
Westside School
London, W6 0LT 		Alternative Provision 52 100% 63.6%
OA - Thurrock
Tilbury, RM18 7AX 		Alternative Provision 74 100% 55.4%
Beacon Business Innovation Hub
Ilford, IG4 5LP 		Alternative Provision 40 75% 50%
The Sullivan Centre
Hull, HU3 3EL 		Alternative Provision 29 100% 54.5%
Park School Teaching Service
Bolton, BL1 4QR 		Alternative Provision 30 100% 50%
Westbridge Academy
Ipswich, IP1 2HE 		Alternative Provision 19 100% 75%
OA - Suffolk
Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ 		Alternative Provision 48 100% 60%
Evergreen Academy
Wolverhampton, WV6 0UA 		Alternative Provision 23 100% 55%
Kassia Academy and Support Services
Warrington, WA2 0QQ 		Alternative Provision 49 100% 52.6%
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding
Spalding, PE11 2PN 		Alternative Provision 56 100% 62%
Alderwood Academy
Ipswich, IP3 0EW 		Alternative Provision 17 100% 33.3%
Ethos College
Dewsbury, WF13 4QS 		Alternative Provision 44 100% 59.1%
Reach Academy
Batley, WF17 0BQ 		Alternative Provision 44 100% 56.8%
The Shoreline Academy
Roundswell, EX31 3UD 		Alternative Provision 46 100% 60.5%
River Dart Academy
Dartington, TQ9 6JD 		Alternative Provision 39 100% 64.9%
Links Hatfield Academy
Hatfield, AL10 8TJ 		Alternative Provision 40 86.7% 46.7%
Chalk Hill
Sudbury, CO10 2SF 		Alternative Provision 19 100% 77.8%
Wey Valley College
Guildford, GU2 8AA 		Alternative Provision 29 100% 47.4%
Reigate Valley College
Reigate, RH2 8PP 		Alternative Provision 48 100% 64.5%
Euler Academy
Hull, HU8 9HJ 		Alternative Provision 59 100% 61%
Will Adams Academy
Gillingham, ME7 2BX 		Alternative Provision 58 89.5% 47.4%
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%
Laurus Grace
Stockport, SK7 5JX 		Alternative Provision 20 100% 40%