Venture 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
Venture Academy
(Your chosen school)
Special 48 100% 75%
Nyland School
Swindon, SN3 3RD
Special 78 100% 71%
Kingfisher School
Redditch, B98 0HF
Special 144 100% 65%
King's Academy Lord Wilson
Southampton, SO31 7NL
Special 59 100% 78%
Cuckmere House School
Seaford, BN25 4BA
Special 85 100% 68.2%
New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)
St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 9JU
Special 69 100% 68.1%
Loxley Hall School
Uttoxeter, ST14 8RS
Special 101 100% 63.4%
Phoenix Academy
Walsall, WS3 2ED
Special 48 100% 72.9%
Spring Brook Academy
Oldham, M35 0DQ
Special 114 100% 72.8%
Endeavour Academy Bexley
Bexleyheath, DA7 6LB
Special 95 100% 69.5%
Aspire Academy
Welling, DA16 1JB
Special 64 100% 76.6%
Beckmead Park Academy
Beckenham, BR3 3BZ
Special 126 100% 71.7%
Littlegreen Academy
Chichester, PO18 9NW
Special 80 100% 57.5%
Unified Academy
Dorking, RH5 4DB
Special 84 100% 75.9%
Trinity Academy New Bridge
Sunderland, SR5 3NF
Special 133 100% 75.2%
Brandles School
Baldock, SG7 6EY
Special 70 100% 67.1%
Orion Academy
Oxford, OX4 6DQ
Special 74 100% 70.3%
Bramley Oak Academy
Guildford, GU5 0BJ
Special 57 100% 77.2%
The Ropemakers' Academy
Hailsham, BN27 1FB
Special 111 100% 62.2%
North Star 82°
Bristol, BS10 7AH
Special 61 100% 80.3%
Woodlands School
Shrewsbury, SY4 5PJ
Special 55 100% 68.5%
The Warwickshire Academy
Coventry, CV7 9RA
Special 60 100% 53.3%
Kitts Green Academy
Birmingham, B33 9QY
Special 58 100% 93.1%
Salmons Brook School
Enfield, EN3 5PB
Special 63 100% 74.6%
Sunrise Academy
Lowestoft, NR33 8AX
Special 44 100% 79.5%
Mount Tamar School
Plymouth, PL5 2EF
Special 108 100% 78.7%
The Brookfield School
Hereford, HR4 9NG
Special 110 100% 68%
Lotus Academy
Sheffield, S5 7WE
Special 92 100% 84.4%
The Raise Academy
Widnes, WA8 0BS
Special 39 100% 69.2%
Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke
Basingstoke, RG22 5TH
Special 50 100% 68%