The Rowans

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 Rowans (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	89	100%	70%
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 Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	64	98.3%	77.2%
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%
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	68	98%	74%
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	55	100%	73.8%
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	71	96.7%	77%
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85	100%	78%
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	58	90.5%	71.4%
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	72	100%	66.7%
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD	Alternative Provision	62	100%	77.8%
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	74	100%	66.7%
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	67	100%	78%
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87	100%	67.9%
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	104	100%	63.6%
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	61	100%	79.1%
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%
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	88	98.8%	81.5%
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF	Alternative Provision	56	100%	70.2%
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	51	100%	72.9%
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	48	100%	64.5%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	59	100%	61%
Arbour Academy Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 5AG	Alternative Provision	54	96.2%	73.1%
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	61	100%	66.7%
Alder Brook Primary Partnership Centre Salford, M30 8LE	Alternative Provision	79	100%	81.1%
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%