Aspire

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
Aspire (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	253	100%	57.6%
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	121	96%	70%
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	186	97.1%	48.6%
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	163	100%	71%
UET Pathfinder Academy Norwich, NR10 5JW	Alternative Provision	338	70.2%	67.8%
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133	80.5%	48.8%
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	195	100%	73.8%
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	118	96.2%	49.1%
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	155	63.5%	64.2%
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	104	42.3%	59%
Haybrook College Slough, SL1 6LZ	Alternative Provision	180	100%	64.3%
ACE Schools Plymouth Plymouth, PL4 0AT	Alternative Provision	294	91.3%	56.3%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	87	100%	42.4%
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	153	95.4%	62.1%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	118	100%	54.2%
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	104	100%	63.6%
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	137	90.2%	72.1%
Unity Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	232	91.3%	76.5%
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	128	53.6%	67.3%
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	208	71.3%	56.6%
Newcastle Bridges School Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 3RU	Alternative Provision	129	91.9%	68.9%
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	153	100%	56%
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139	99.2%	70.2%
Esteem North Academy Chesterfield, S41 0LN	Alternative Provision	274	100%	78.8%
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	141	33.3%	62.5%
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	174	93.8%	27.1%
The CE Academy Northampton, NN1 3EX	Alternative Provision	162	54.6%	67.8%
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	117	71.6%	65.4%
Saffron Valley Collegiate Croydon, CR0 1QH	Alternative Provision	113	100%	43%
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154	80.3%	65.4%

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
Aspire (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	253	Sign in to see
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
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	45
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	52
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	186
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	71
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	118
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	155
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	104
River Tees Secondary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD	Alternative Provision	143
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	67
Haybrook College Slough, SL1 6LZ	Alternative Provision	180
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	80
Evergreen Academy Wolverhampton, WV6 0UA	Alternative Provision	23
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	153
The Stephen Longfellow Academy Leeds, LS11 8PG	Alternative Provision	191
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	137
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	68
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	47
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	153
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	93
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	141
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	49
The CE Academy Northampton, NN1 3EX	Alternative Provision	162
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	117
New Horizons Academy Northampton, NN1 2NE	Alternative Provision	75