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.

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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%