Beacon of Light School

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
Beacon of Light School (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	63	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%
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	55	100%	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%
Southampton Hospital School Southampton, SO16 6HU	Alternative Provision	28	0%	0%
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 Secondary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD	Alternative Provision	108	20.6%	51.5%
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	42	100%	0%
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	22	66.7%	33.3%
Parkside Academy Ipswich, IP4 5ND	Alternative Provision	3	0%	0%
Westbridge Academy Ipswich, IP1 2HE	Alternative Provision	3	0%	0%
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%
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	80	77.8%	29.6%
Hospital and Outreach Education Northampton, NN4 8EN	Alternative Provision	43	100%	0%
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%
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68	100%	0%
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	84	0%	0%
Consilium Evolve Sunderland, SR2 7NA	Alternative Provision	35	0%	0%
Bishopton PRU Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB	Alternative Provision	64	41.9%	56.5%
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	107	20.4%	38.8%

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
Beacon of Light School (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	63	Sign in to see
East Birmingham Network Academy Birmingham, B26 1AL	Alternative Provision	69
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	114
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	93
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	78
Beacon Business Innovation Hub Ilford, IG4 5LP	Alternative Provision	52
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	170
The Pears Family School London, N1 9JH	Alternative Provision	30
The Fermain Academy Macclesfield, SK11 8JF	Alternative Provision	62
River Tees Secondary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD	Alternative Provision	108
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	42
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	22
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	51
Olive AP Academy - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	71
Mary Astell Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2LW	Alternative Provision	84
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	58
Alderwood Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	11
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	57
The Shoreline Academy Roundswell, EX31 3UD	Alternative Provision	38
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	63
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	58
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF	Alternative Provision	37
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	54
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	45
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	43
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	56
Bishopton PRU Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB	Alternative Provision	64
Archway Academy Middlesbrough, TS6 0DD	Alternative Provision	78
Oakfield Lodge School Crewe, CW1 4PP	Alternative Provision	45