The Ladder School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.

Choose your own set of schools

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
The Ladder School (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	80	77.8%	29.6%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	93	90%	56.7%
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	55	100%	0%
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	108	100%	40%
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	53	33.3%	33.3%
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	70	72.2%	38.9%
Springwell Harrogate Harrogate, HG1 5EP	Alternative Provision	27	100%	47.4%
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	47	100%	47.4%
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	78	58.9%	48.2%
Beacon Business Innovation Hub Ilford, IG4 5LP	Alternative Provision	52	74.4%	55.8%
The Elland Academy Leeds, LS12 6DQ	Alternative Provision	127	100%	50%
The ArtsXchange London, EC1V 1JX	Alternative Provision	37	87%	39.1%
Coritani Academy Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ	Alternative Provision	20	100%	37.5%
Meadowbrook College Oxford, OX3 0PG	Alternative Provision	116	60%	40%
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	75	100%	50%
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	22	66.7%	33.3%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	71	100%	37.9%
Evergreen Academy Wolverhampton, WV6 0UA	Alternative Provision	29	86.4%	63.6%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	110	100%	52.4%
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	81	66.7%	40%
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	46	100%	44.4%
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	46	42.9%	42.9%
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	57	100%	62.2%
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68	100%	0%
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	84	100%	52.6%
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy Stafford, ST17 4BG	Alternative Provision	52	37%	56.5%
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	48	100%	22.9%
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	137	75.3%	44.3%
Arbour Academy Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 5AG	Alternative Provision	44	92.3%	30.8%
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	51	100%	61.9%