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	104	100%	63.6%
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%
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	53	80%	60%
Titan St Georges Academy Birmingham, B6 6EE	Alternative Provision	77	80%	80%
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	68	98%	74%
OA - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	74	100%	55.4%
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133	80.5%	48.8%
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85	100%	78%
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%
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	68	100%	58.3%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	118	100%	54.2%
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	137	90.2%	72.1%
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	56	100%	62%
Newcastle Bridges School Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 3RU	Alternative Provision	129	91.9%	68.9%
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%
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	53	100%	67.3%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	59	100%	61%
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	117	71.6%	65.4%
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	61	100%	66.7%
Kickstart Academy Telford, TF2 9PQ	Alternative Provision	56	94.6%	69.6%
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%
Coventry Alternative Provision Academy Coventry, CV2 5BD	Alternative Provision	80	60.6%	66.2%