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	118	100%	54.2%
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	96	95.7%	69.6%
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	121	96%	70%
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	100	96.9%	65.6%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	89	88.2%	61.8%
OA - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	74	100%	55.4%
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133	80.5%	48.8%
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	118	96.2%	49.1%
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	72	100%	66.7%
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	74	100%	66.7%
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87	100%	67.9%
OA - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	48	100%	60%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	87	100%	42.4%
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	80	62.5%	60.7%
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	68	100%	58.3%
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	153	95.4%	62.1%
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%
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%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	67.6%
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	72	80.7%	54.4%
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	40	86.7%	46.7%
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%
UET Compass Academy Great Yarmouth, NR31 9LD	Alternative Provision	62	100%	66.1%
Park Aspire Alternative Provision Academy Bradford, BD5 8DB	Alternative Provision	64	100%	56.1%
New Horizons Academy Northampton, NN1 2NE	Alternative Provision	75	100%	40.4%

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
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	118	Sign in to see
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	121
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	42
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	68
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	163
Ormiston Latimer Academy London, W10 6TT	Alternative Provision	55
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
ACE Schools Plymouth Plymouth, PL4 0AT	Alternative Provision	294
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	80
The Boxing Academy AP Free School London, E5 8PH	Alternative Provision	37
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	68
St Christopher's Academy Ipswich, IP4 3HG	Alternative Provision	24
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	61
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	128
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	208
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	44
Esteem South Academy Swadlincote, DE11 0TW	Alternative Provision	23
Esteem North Academy Chesterfield, S41 0LN	Alternative Provision	274
River Dart Academy Dartington, TQ9 6JD	Alternative Provision	39
Harbour Vale School Sherborne, DT9 4DN	Alternative Provision	31
Chalk Hill Sudbury, CO10 2SF	Alternative Provision	19
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	141
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	48
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	174
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	49
Archway Academy Middlesbrough, TS6 0DD	Alternative Provision	89
Saffron Valley Collegiate Croydon, CR0 1QH	Alternative Provision	113