ACE Schools Plymouth

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
ACE Schools Plymouth (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	294	91.3%	56.3%
Everton Free School & Football College Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	316	14.7%	19.1%
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	121	96%	70%
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	100	96.9%	65.6%
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	107	100%	11.1%
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	186	97.1%	48.6%
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	163	100%	71%
UET Pathfinder Academy Norwich, NR10 5JW	Alternative Provision	338	70.2%	67.8%
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133	80.5%	48.8%
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	195	100%	73.8%
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	118	96.2%	49.1%
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	155	63.5%	64.2%
Haybrook College Slough, SL1 6LZ	Alternative Provision	180	100%	64.3%
Aspire High Wycombe, HP13 6PQ	Alternative Provision	253	100%	57.6%
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	153	95.4%	62.1%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	118	100%	54.2%
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	137	90.2%	72.1%
Unity Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	232	91.3%	76.5%
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	128	53.6%	67.3%
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	208	71.3%	56.6%
Newcastle Bridges School Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 3RU	Alternative Provision	129	91.9%	68.9%
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	153	100%	56%
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139	99.2%	70.2%
Esteem North Academy Chesterfield, S41 0LN	Alternative Provision	274	100%	78.8%
Torlands Academy Exeter, EX4 1PT	Alternative Provision	139	100%	0%
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	141	33.3%	62.5%
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	174	93.8%	27.1%
The CE Academy Northampton, NN1 3EX	Alternative Provision	162	54.6%	67.8%
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	117	71.6%	65.4%
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154	80.3%	65.4%

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
ACE Schools Plymouth (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	294	Sign in to see
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	121
Ormiston Bridge Academy London, SW6 6HB	Alternative Provision	56
Abbey View Tewkesbury, GL20 5SW	Alternative Provision	27
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	44
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	107
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	68
North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy Bodmin, PL31 1LZ	Alternative Provision	63
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	163
Ormiston Latimer Academy London, W10 6TT	Alternative Provision	55
The Sullivan Centre Hull, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	29
OA - Cambridge Cambridge, CB4 2BD	Alternative Provision	46
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	67
Park School Teaching Service Bolton, BL1 4QR	Alternative Provision	30
Parkside Academy Ipswich, IP4 5ND	Alternative Provision	23
Westbridge Academy Ipswich, IP1 2HE	Alternative Provision	19
The Boxing Academy AP Free School London, E5 8PH	Alternative Provision	37
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	68
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	118
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	61
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	208
Hospital and Outreach Education Northampton, NN4 8EN	Alternative Provision	60
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	44
Reach Academy Batley, WF17 0BQ	Alternative Provision	44
Esteem South Academy Swadlincote, DE11 0TW	Alternative Provision	23
Esteem North Academy Chesterfield, S41 0LN	Alternative Provision	274
River Dart Academy Dartington, TQ9 6JD	Alternative Provision	39
Harbour Vale School Sherborne, DT9 4DN	Alternative Provision	31
Archway Academy Middlesbrough, TS6 0DD	Alternative Provision	89
Saffron Valley Collegiate Croydon, CR0 1QH	Alternative Provision	113