Victory Park Academy

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
Victory Park Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	80	62.5%	60.7%
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	42	60%	60%
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	96	95.7%	69.6%
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%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	89	88.2%	61.8%
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	39	100%	66.7%
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	53	80%	60%
OA - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	74	100%	55.4%
Beacon Business Innovation Hub Ilford, IG4 5LP	Alternative Provision	40	75%	50%
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	58	90.5%	71.4%
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	104	42.3%	59%
OA - Cambridge Cambridge, CB4 2BD	Alternative Provision	46	44.4%	44.4%
OA - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	48	100%	60%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	118	100%	54.2%
The Lodestar Academy Torquay, TQ2 8JE	Alternative Provision	48	62.5%	67.5%
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	128	53.6%	67.3%
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	68	72%	48%
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	72	80.7%	54.4%
Harbour Vale School Sherborne, DT9 4DN	Alternative Provision	31	50%	61.1%
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	40	86.7%	46.7%
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	58	57.5%	60%
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy Stafford, ST17 4BG	Alternative Provision	55	38%	54%
Bishopton PRU Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB	Alternative Provision	71	32.8%	59.7%
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	67	79.1%	76.7%
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	93	61.6%	76.7%
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	117	71.6%	65.4%
UET Compass Academy Great Yarmouth, NR31 9LD	Alternative Provision	62	100%	66.1%
Coventry Alternative Provision Academy Coventry, CV2 5BD	Alternative Provision	80	60.6%	66.2%
Chiltern Way Academy Futures Basingstoke, RG23 8AA	Alternative Provision	48	64.5%	45.2%

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
Victory Park Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	80	Sign in to see
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	121
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	42
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
Titan St Georges Academy Birmingham, B6 6EE	Alternative Provision	77
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	52
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	163
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	155
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	72
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	104
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
Parkside Academy Ipswich, IP4 5ND	Alternative Provision	23
OA - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	48
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	68
St Christopher's Academy Ipswich, IP4 3HG	Alternative Provision	24
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	118
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	61
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	128
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	153
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139
Chalk Hill Sudbury, CO10 2SF	Alternative Provision	19
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	141
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	174
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	49
New Horizons Academy Northampton, NN1 2NE	Alternative Provision	75