Mid Essex Co-Operative 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
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	110	100%	52.4%
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	87	90.4%	69.2%
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	134	100%	60.8%
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	114	98.6%	69%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	93	90%	56.7%
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	108	100%	40%
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	73	100%	60.9%
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	70	72.2%	38.9%
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	78	58.9%	48.2%
Endeavour Academy Durham Peterlee, SR8 2RN	Alternative Provision	51	100%	57.1%
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	123	96.9%	60%
The Elland Academy Leeds, LS12 6DQ	Alternative Provision	127	100%	50%
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	123	100%	60%
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	75	100%	50%
Olive AP Academy - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43	100%	60%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	71	100%	37.9%
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	87	71%	61.3%
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	60	97.8%	57.8%
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	138	83.8%	66.2%
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%
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	165	99.1%	60.2%
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139	100%	65.5%
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	57	100%	62.2%
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	84	100%	52.6%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	56	100%	55.4%
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	91	83.3%	67.9%
The CE Academy Northampton, NN1 3EX	Alternative Provision	165	100%	58%
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	137	75.3%	44.3%

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
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	110	Sign in to see
Stone Soup Academy Nottingham, NG1 1HN	Alternative Provision	100
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	45
Abbey View Tewkesbury, GL20 5SW	Alternative Provision	39
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	34
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	73
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	70
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
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	60
St Christopher's Academy Ipswich, IP4 3HG	Alternative Provision	6
Aspire High Wycombe, HP13 6PQ	Alternative Provision	226
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	139
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
Esteem South Academy Swadlincote, DE11 0TW	Alternative Provision	28
Esteem North Academy Chesterfield, S41 0LN	Alternative Provision	240
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
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	107
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	2