Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding

Schools we chose for benchmarking

These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.

Choose your own set of schools

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
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	58	100%	55.3%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	93	90%	56.7%
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%
Restormel Academy St Austell, PL25 4TJ	Alternative Provision	36	100%	51.7%
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	47	100%	47.4%
Endeavour Academy Durham Peterlee, SR8 2RN	Alternative Provision	51	100%	57.1%
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	75	100%	50%
The Sullivan Centre Hull, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	33	100%	51.9%
Park School Teaching Service Bolton, BL1 4QR	Alternative Provision	31	100%	63.6%
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%
The Rowans Chatham, ME5 0LB	Alternative Provision	78	100%	64%
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	52	100%	57.1%
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	46	100%	44.4%
Reach Academy Batley, WF17 0BQ	Alternative Provision	24	100%	60.9%
Esteem South Academy Swadlincote, DE11 0TW	Alternative Provision	28	100%	60%
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	57	100%	62.2%
The Shoreline Academy Roundswell, EX31 3UD	Alternative Provision	38	100%	63.9%
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 Mablethorpe Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF	Alternative Provision	37	100%	71.9%
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	54	100%	69.4%
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%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	56	100%	55.4%
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
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	58	Sign in to see
Everton Free School Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	307
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	72
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	114
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	93
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	53
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	78
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	170
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	61
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
Olive AP Academy - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	34
Beacon of Light School Sunderland, SR5 1SN	Alternative Provision	63
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	71
Olive AP Academy - Havering Hornchurch, RM11 3UR	Alternative Provision	37
Denewood Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	107
Unity Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	164
Mary Astell Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2LW	Alternative Provision	84
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	46
The Heights Burnley Burnley, BB12 0DU	Alternative Provision	81
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	63
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	58
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF	Alternative Provision	37
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	54
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	45
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	84
Bishopton PRU Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB	Alternative Provision	64
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	91