The Venn Boulevard Centre

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
The Venn Boulevard Centre (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	60	97.8%	57.8%
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	72	100%	74.5%
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	39	100%	57.1%
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	73	100%	60.9%
North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy Bodmin, PL31 1LZ	Alternative Provision	58	100%	64.9%
Springwell Harrogate Harrogate, HG1 5EP	Alternative Provision	27	100%	47.4%
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	95	100%	72.3%
Endeavour Academy Durham Peterlee, SR8 2RN	Alternative Provision	51	100%	57.1%
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	123	100%	60%
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	63	97.2%	72.2%
The Sullivan Centre Hull, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	33	100%	51.9%
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD	Alternative Provision	41	100%	75%
Olive AP Academy - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43	100%	60%
The Rowans Chatham, ME5 0LB	Alternative Provision	78	100%	64%
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	52	100%	57.1%
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	58	100%	55.3%
Engage Academy Batley, WF17 5LP	Alternative Provision	28	100%	69.2%
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	46	100%	44.4%
Reach Academy Batley, WF17 0BQ	Alternative Provision	24	100%	60.9%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	71.2%
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	57	100%	62.2%
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	87	65.4%	60.3%
Wey Valley College Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	45	100%	62.5%
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	44	100%	56.7%
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	84	100%	52.6%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	56	100%	55.4%
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	55	92.1%	76.3%
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	91	83.3%	67.9%
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	51	100%	61.9%
Kickstart Academy Telford, TF2 9PQ	Alternative Provision	46	100%	65.2%

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
The Venn Boulevard Centre (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	60	Sign in to see
Stone Soup Academy Nottingham, NG1 1HN	Alternative Provision	100
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	115
Abbey View Tewkesbury, GL20 5SW	Alternative Provision	39
Springwell Harrogate Harrogate, HG1 5EP	Alternative Provision	27
Ormiston Latimer Academy London, W10 6TT	Alternative Provision	66
The Elland Academy Leeds, LS12 6DQ	Alternative Provision	127
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	123
Coritani Academy Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ	Alternative Provision	20
Sevenhills Academy Grimsby, DN33 1NU	Alternative Provision	40
Olive AP Academy - Cambridge Cambridge, CB4 2BD	Alternative Provision	48
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	78
Parkside Academy Ipswich, IP4 5ND	Alternative Provision	3
Westbridge Academy Ipswich, IP1 2HE	Alternative Provision	3
ACE Schools Plymouth Plymouth, PL4 0AT	Alternative Provision	267
St Christopher's Academy Ipswich, IP4 3HG	Alternative Provision	6
Aspire High Wycombe, HP13 6PQ	Alternative Provision	226
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	110
The Lodestar Academy Torquay, TQ2 8JE	Alternative Provision	51
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	63
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	206
Hospital and Outreach Education Northampton, NN4 8EN	Alternative Provision	43
Engage Academy Batley, WF17 5LP	Alternative Provision	28
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	46
Reach Academy Batley, WF17 0BQ	Alternative Provision	24
Esteem South Academy Swadlincote, DE11 0TW	Alternative Provision	28
Esteem North Academy Chesterfield, S41 0LN	Alternative Provision	240
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	87
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	107