St Matthias 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
St Matthias Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	63	100%	75.5%
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	45	100%	80%
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	72	100%	74.5%
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	114	98.6%	69%
Ormiston Bridge Academy London, SW6 6HB	Alternative Provision	56	100%	81.4%
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	34	100%	73.5%
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	39	100%	57.1%
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%
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	49	100%	78.8%
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	72	100%	68.3%
Ormiston Latimer Academy London, W10 6TT	Alternative Provision	66	100%	81.1%
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	63	97.2%	72.2%
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD	Alternative Provision	41	100%	75%
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	78	100%	80%
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	51	97.5%	70%
The Boxing Academy AP Free School London, E5 8PH	Alternative Provision	41	100%	81.3%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	71.2%
The Shoreline Academy Roundswell, EX31 3UD	Alternative Provision	38	100%	63.9%
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	63	100%	67.2%
River Dart Academy Dartington, TQ9 6JD	Alternative Provision	19	100%	68.4%
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	58	100%	72.9%
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF	Alternative Provision	37	100%	71.9%
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	54	100%	69.4%
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	45	95.2%	71.4%
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	72	100%	74.1%
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	43	100%	69.2%
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	55	92.1%	76.3%
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	51	100%	75%
Lansdown Park Academy Bristol, BS14 8SJ	Alternative Provision	18	100%	71.4%

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
St Matthias Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	63	Sign in to see
Stone Soup Academy Nottingham, NG1 1HN	Alternative Provision	100
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	115
Abbey View Tewkesbury, GL20 5SW	Alternative Provision	39
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	39
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	108
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	73
North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy Bodmin, PL31 1LZ	Alternative Provision	58
Ormiston Latimer Academy London, W10 6TT	Alternative Provision	66
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	139
Olive AP Academy - Cambridge Cambridge, CB4 2BD	Alternative Provision	48
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	78
Westbridge Academy Ipswich, IP1 2HE	Alternative Provision	3
ACE Schools Plymouth Plymouth, PL4 0AT	Alternative Provision	267
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	60
St Christopher's Academy Ipswich, IP4 3HG	Alternative Provision	6
Aspire High Wycombe, HP13 6PQ	Alternative Provision	226
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	110
The Lodestar Academy Torquay, TQ2 8JE	Alternative Provision	51
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	141
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	206
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	46
Esteem South Academy Swadlincote, DE11 0TW	Alternative Provision	28
Esteem North Academy Chesterfield, S41 0LN	Alternative Provision	240
River Dart Academy Dartington, TQ9 6JD	Alternative Provision	19
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	87
Harbour Vale School Sherborne, DT9 4DN	Alternative Provision	23
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	44
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	84
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	107