St Christopher's Academy

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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
St Christopher's Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	24	0%	0%
Derby Pride Academy Derby, DE24 8BY	Alternative Provision	30	0%	0%
East Birmingham Network Academy Birmingham, B26 1AL	Alternative Provision	59	0%	0%
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	42	60%	60%
Abbey View Tewkesbury, GL20 5SW	Alternative Provision	27	0%	0%
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	54	0%	0%
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	45	0%	0%
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	72	72.7%	27.3%
The Jubilee Academy Harrow, HA1 3AW	Alternative Provision	68	0%	0%
The Pears Family School London, N1 9JH	Alternative Provision	32	0%	0%
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	60	0%	0%
OA - Cambridge Cambridge, CB4 2BD	Alternative Provision	46	44.4%	44.4%
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	21	0%	0%
OA - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43	75%	12.5%
Parkside Academy Ipswich, IP4 5ND	Alternative Provision	23	100%	50%
Beacon of Light School Sunderland, SR5 1SN	Alternative Provision	69	0%	0%
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	80	62.5%	60.7%
King's Leadership Phoenix Academy Liverpool, L13 1FB	Alternative Provision	40	0%	0%
Alderwood Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	17	100%	33.3%
First Base Ipswich Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	6	0%	0%
The Heights Burnley Burnley, BB12 0DU	Alternative Provision	91	0%	0%
First Base Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7PJ	Alternative Provision	5	0%	0%
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	40	86.7%	46.7%
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68	0%	0%
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	93	0%	0%
Beckmead Moundwood Academy Harlow, CM18 7EZ	Alternative Provision	67	10.9%	60.9%
Consilium Evolve Sunderland, SR2 7NA	Alternative Provision	27	0%	0%
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	49	100%	16.3%
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP	Alternative Provision	22	0%	0%
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	3	0%	0%

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
St Christopher's Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	24	Sign in to see
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	121
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	42
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	39
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	107
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	68
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	72
Coritani Academy Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ	Alternative Provision	27
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
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
Engage Academy Batley, WF17 5LP	Alternative Provision	29
Esteem South Academy Swadlincote, DE11 0TW	Alternative Provision	23
River Dart Academy Dartington, TQ9 6JD	Alternative Provision	39
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	72
Harbour Vale School Sherborne, DT9 4DN	Alternative Provision	31
Chalk Hill Sudbury, CO10 2SF	Alternative Provision	19
Wey Valley College Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	29
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	48
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	174
Archway Academy Middlesbrough, TS6 0DD	Alternative Provision	89
Alder Brook Primary Partnership Centre Salford, M30 8LE	Alternative Provision	79
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	3