OA - Suffolk

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
OA - Suffolk (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	48	100%	60%
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	42	60%	60%
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	96	95.7%	69.6%
Ormiston Bridge Academy London, SW6 6HB	Alternative Provision	56	100%	60.9%
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	39	100%	66.7%
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	53	80%	60%
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%
Endeavour Academy Durham Peterlee, SR8 2RN	Alternative Provision	51	100%	64%
The Sullivan Centre Hull, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	29	100%	54.5%
Parkside Academy Ipswich, IP4 5ND	Alternative Provision	23	100%	50%
Westbridge Academy Ipswich, IP1 2HE	Alternative Provision	19	100%	75%
Evergreen Academy Wolverhampton, WV6 0UA	Alternative Provision	23	100%	55%
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	68	100%	58.3%
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%
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	44	100%	59.1%
Reach Academy Batley, WF17 0BQ	Alternative Provision	44	100%	56.8%
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	53	100%	67.3%
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%
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	48	100%	64.5%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	59	100%	61%
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	61	100%	66.7%
Unity Academy Kidderminster, DY10 2QJ	Alternative Provision	36	100%	67.9%
Kickstart Academy Telford, TF2 9PQ	Alternative Provision	56	94.6%	69.6%
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%

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
OA - Suffolk (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	48	Sign in to see
Everton Free School & Football College Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	316
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	96
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	121
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	110
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	64
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	100
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	45
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	186
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	118
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	60
River Tees Secondary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD	Alternative Provision	143
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	74
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	21
OA - Havering Hornchurch, RM11 3UR	Alternative Provision	39
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	137
Mary Astell Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2LW	Alternative Provision	52
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	47
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF	Alternative Provision	56
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	40
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	93
Beckmead Moundwood Academy Harlow, CM18 7EZ	Alternative Provision	67
Bishopton PRU Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB	Alternative Provision	71
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	67
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	93
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154
Coventry Alternative Provision Academy Coventry, CV2 5BD	Alternative Provision	80
Chiltern Way Academy Futures Basingstoke, RG23 8AA	Alternative Provision	48