The Stephen Longfellow 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
The Stephen Longfellow Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	191	0%	0%
Derby Pride Academy Derby, DE24 8BY	Alternative Provision	30	0%	0%
Everton Free School & Football College Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	316	14.7%	19.1%
East Birmingham Network Academy Birmingham, B26 1AL	Alternative Provision	59	0%	0%
Abbey View Tewkesbury, GL20 5SW	Alternative Provision	27	0%	0%
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	107	100%	11.1%
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	54	0%	0%
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	45	0%	0%
The Jubilee Academy Harrow, HA1 3AW	Alternative Provision	68	0%	0%
Southampton Hospital School Southampton, SO16 6HU	Alternative Provision	27	50%	0%
The Pears Family School London, N1 9JH	Alternative Provision	32	0%	0%
Education Links London, E15 1TT	Alternative Provision	106	14.7%	22.7%
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	60	0%	0%
River Tees Secondary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD	Alternative Provision	143	20.7%	54.1%
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	21	0%	0%
Beacon of Light School Sunderland, SR5 1SN	Alternative Provision	69	0%	0%
St Christopher's Academy Ipswich, IP4 3HG	Alternative Provision	24	0%	0%
King's Leadership Phoenix Academy Liverpool, L13 1FB	Alternative Provision	40	0%	0%
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	208	71.3%	56.6%
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	47	40%	20%
The Heights Burnley Burnley, BB12 0DU	Alternative Provision	91	0%	0%
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	72	80.7%	54.4%
Torlands Academy Exeter, EX4 1PT	Alternative Provision	139	100%	0%
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68	0%	0%
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	93	0%	0%
Consilium Evolve Sunderland, SR2 7NA	Alternative Provision	27	0%	0%
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	174	93.8%	27.1%
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	89	36%	38%
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP	Alternative Provision	22	0%	0%
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
The Stephen Longfellow Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	191	Sign in to see
Everton Free School & Football College Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	316
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
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	64
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
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	195
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	118
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	58
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD	Alternative Provision	62
River Tees Secondary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD	Alternative Provision	143
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	74
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87
Evergreen Academy Wolverhampton, WV6 0UA	Alternative Provision	23
Aspire High Wycombe, HP13 6PQ	Alternative Provision	253
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	153
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 Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	89
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	93
The CE Academy Northampton, NN1 3EX	Alternative Provision	162
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	117
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154
New Horizons Academy Northampton, NN1 2NE	Alternative Provision	75