St Christopher's 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
St Christopher's Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	6	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%
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	53	33.3%	33.3%
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	37	0%	0%
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	70	72.2%	38.9%
Southampton Hospital School Southampton, SO16 6HU	Alternative Provision	28	0%	0%
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	78	58.9%	48.2%
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 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%
Beacon of Light School Sunderland, SR5 1SN	Alternative Provision	63	0%	0%
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	87	71%	61.3%
King's Leadership Phoenix Academy Liverpool, L13 1FB	Alternative Provision	20	33.3%	33.3%
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%
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	84	0%	0%
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	148	28.2%	50%
Consilium Evolve Sunderland, SR2 7NA	Alternative Provision	35	0%	0%
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	48	100%	22.9%
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	107	20.4%	38.8%
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP	Alternative Provision	23	100%	0%
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	2	100%	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	6	Sign in to see
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	45
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	34
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	39
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	108
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	73
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	70
Springwell Harrogate Harrogate, HG1 5EP	Alternative Provision	27
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
Parkside Academy Ipswich, IP4 5ND	Alternative Provision	3
Westbridge Academy Ipswich, IP1 2HE	Alternative Provision	3
The Boxing Academy AP Free School London, E5 8PH	Alternative Provision	41
Aspire High Wycombe, HP13 6PQ	Alternative Provision	226
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	139
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	110
The Lodestar Academy Torquay, TQ2 8JE	Alternative Provision	51
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	206
Engage Academy Batley, WF17 5LP	Alternative Provision	28
Esteem South Academy Swadlincote, DE11 0TW	Alternative Provision	28
River Dart Academy Dartington, TQ9 6JD	Alternative Provision	19
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	87
Harbour Vale School Sherborne, DT9 4DN	Alternative Provision	23
Wey Valley College Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	45
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	44
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy Stafford, ST17 4BG	Alternative Provision	52
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	107
Daylesford Academy Solihull, B92 7QW	Alternative Provision	24
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	2