The Rowans

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 Rowans (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	78	100%	64%
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	87	90.4%	69.2%
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	72	100%	74.5%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	93	90%	56.7%
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	73	100%	60.9%
North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy Bodmin, PL31 1LZ	Alternative Provision	58	100%	64.9%
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	72	100%	68.3%
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	95	100%	72.3%
Endeavour Academy Durham Peterlee, SR8 2RN	Alternative Provision	51	100%	57.1%
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	63	97.2%	72.2%
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	51	97.5%	70%
Olive AP Academy - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43	100%	60%
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	60	97.8%	57.8%
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	52	100%	57.1%
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	58	100%	55.3%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	71.2%
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	57	100%	62.2%
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	63	100%	67.2%
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	58	100%	72.9%
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	54	100%	69.4%
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	72	100%	74.1%
Wey Valley College Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	45	100%	62.5%
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	44	100%	56.7%
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	84	100%	52.6%
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	43	100%	69.2%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	56	100%	55.4%
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	51	100%	75%
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	91	83.3%	67.9%
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	51	100%	61.9%
Kickstart Academy Telford, TF2 9PQ	Alternative Provision	46	100%	65.2%

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 Rowans (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	78	Sign in to see
Everton Free School Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	307
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	87
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	134
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	129
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	72
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	37
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	47
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	192
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	95
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	123
The ArtsXchange London, EC1V 1JX	Alternative Provision	37
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	63
Meadowbrook College Oxford, OX3 0PG	Alternative Provision	116
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	61
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	139
River Tees Secondary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD	Alternative Provision	108
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	42
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	22
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87
Olive AP Academy - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	34
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	71
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	138
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	81
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	46
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	165
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	72
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	84
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	84