First Base Ipswich 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
First Base Ipswich Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	3	0%	0%
Stone Soup Academy Nottingham, NG1 1HN	Alternative Provision	100	0%	0%
East Birmingham Network Academy Birmingham, B26 1AL	Alternative Provision	69	0%	0%
Abbey View Tewkesbury, GL20 5SW	Alternative Provision	39	0%	0%
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	53	33.3%	33.3%
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	37	0%	0%
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	70	72.2%	38.9%
Southampton Hospital School Southampton, SO16 6HU	Alternative Provision	28	0%	0%
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	78	58.9%	48.2%
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	61	0%	0%
Olive AP Academy - Cambridge Cambridge, CB4 2BD	Alternative Provision	48	0%	50%
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	22	66.7%	33.3%
Parkside Academy Ipswich, IP4 5ND	Alternative Provision	3	0%	0%
Westbridge Academy Ipswich, IP1 2HE	Alternative Provision	3	0%	0%
Beacon of Light School Sunderland, SR5 1SN	Alternative Provision	63	0%	0%
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	87	71%	61.3%
St Christopher's Academy Ipswich, IP4 3HG	Alternative Provision	6	0%	0%
King's Leadership Phoenix Academy Liverpool, L13 1FB	Alternative Provision	20	33.3%	33.3%
Alderwood Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	11	0%	0%
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	46	42.9%	42.9%
The Heights Burnley Burnley, BB12 0DU	Alternative Provision	81	0%	0%
First Base Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7PJ	Alternative Provision	4	0%	0%
Torlands Academy Exeter, EX4 1PT	Alternative Provision	136	0%	0%
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	84	0%	0%
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	148	28.2%	50%
Consilium Evolve Sunderland, SR2 7NA	Alternative Provision	35	0%	0%
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	48	100%	22.9%
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	107	20.4%	38.8%
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP	Alternative Provision	23	100%	0%
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	2	100%	0%

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
First Base Ipswich Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	3	Sign in to see
Derby Pride Academy Derby, DE24 8BY	Alternative Provision	38
East Birmingham Network Academy Birmingham, B26 1AL	Alternative Provision	69
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	45
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	34
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	55
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	49
Restormel Academy St Austell, PL25 4TJ	Alternative Provision	36
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	70
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	78
Beacon Business Innovation Hub Ilford, IG4 5LP	Alternative Provision	52
The Pears Family School London, N1 9JH	Alternative Provision	30
The Fermain Academy Macclesfield, SK11 8JF	Alternative Provision	62
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	51
Olive AP Academy - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	139
Alderwood Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	11
First Base Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7PJ	Alternative Provision	4
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	57
Titan Aston Academy Birmingham, B6 4EA	Alternative Provision	43
The Shoreline Academy Roundswell, EX31 3UD	Alternative Provision	38
Torlands Academy Exeter, EX4 1PT	Alternative Provision	136
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	45
Fordway Centre Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	12
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy Stafford, ST17 4BG	Alternative Provision	52
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	43
Oakfield Lodge School Crewe, CW1 4PP	Alternative Provision	45
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP	Alternative Provision	23
Arbour Academy Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 5AG	Alternative Provision	44
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	2