The Stephen Longfellow Academy

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.

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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 190 100% 0%
Stone Soup Academy
Nottingham, NG1 1HN 		Alternative Provision 100 0% 0%
Everton Free School
Liverpool, L4 4DF 		Alternative Provision 307 20.1% 19.6%
The Heights Blackburn
Blackburn, BB2 4NW 		Alternative Provision 129 100% 0%
Reach School
Birmingham, B14 7BB 		Alternative Provision 55 100% 0%
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy
Truro, TR1 3AS 		Alternative Provision 108 100% 40%
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%
Bridge Academy
Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE 		Alternative Provision 192 88.5% 53.8%
The Elland Academy
Leeds, LS12 6DQ 		Alternative Provision 127 100% 50%
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster
Doncaster, DN4 6AH 		Alternative Provision 123 100% 60%
Coritani Academy
Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ 		Alternative Provision 20 100% 37.5%
Meadowbrook College
Oxford, OX3 0PG 		Alternative Provision 116 60% 40%
River Tees Hospital School
Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA 		Alternative Provision 42 100% 0%
The Eaglewood School
New Milton, BH25 6SY 		Alternative Provision 71 100% 37.9%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy
Maldon, CM9 4NB 		Alternative Provision 110 100% 52.4%
The Ladder School
Walsall, WS1 1RS 		Alternative Provision 80 77.8% 29.6%
Horizons Academy Bexley
Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA 		Alternative Provision 81 66.7% 40%
Rise Academy
Hull, HU2 0LH 		Alternative Provision 206 69.9% 54.1%
Hospital and Outreach Education
Northampton, NN4 8EN 		Alternative Provision 43 100% 0%
Ethos College
Dewsbury, WF13 4QS 		Alternative Provision 46 100% 44.4%
Torlands Academy
Exeter, EX4 1PT 		Alternative Provision 136 0% 0%
Cherry Tree Learning Centre
Dudley, DY1 2NX 		Alternative Provision 68 100% 0%
Roman Fields Academy
Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF 		Alternative Provision 48 100% 22.9%
Euler Academy
Hull, HU8 9HJ 		Alternative Provision 56 100% 55.4%
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit
Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP 		Alternative Provision 23 100% 0%
The CE Academy
Northampton, NN1 3EX 		Alternative Provision 165 100% 58%
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 Albany
Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX 		Alternative Provision 2 100% 0%