Newcastle Bridges School

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
Newcastle Bridges School (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	129	91.9%	68.9%
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	121	100%	85.7%
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 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%
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	163	100%	71%
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133	80.5%	48.8%
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85	100%	78%
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	118	96.2%	49.1%
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	121	100%	84.6%
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	155	63.5%	64.2%
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	72	100%	66.7%
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	74	100%	66.7%
Haybrook College Slough, SL1 6LZ	Alternative Provision	180	100%	64.3%
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87	100%	67.9%
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	153	95.4%	62.1%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	118	100%	54.2%
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	104	100%	63.6%
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	137	90.2%	72.1%
Denewood Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	118	88.2%	82.7%
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	128	53.6%	67.3%
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	153	100%	56%
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139	99.2%	70.2%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	67.6%
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	88	98.8%	81.5%
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	93	61.6%	76.7%
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	117	71.6%	65.4%
Alder Brook Primary Partnership Centre Salford, M30 8LE	Alternative Provision	79	100%	81.1%
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154	80.3%	65.4%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 0 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