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	120	97.8%	71.7%
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	115	89.5%	84.2%
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	87	90.4%	69.2%
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	134	100%	60.8%
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	72	100%	74.5%
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	114	98.6%	69%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	93	90%	56.7%
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	152	94.7%	76.3%
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	72	100%	68.3%
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	170	100%	69.5%
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	95	100%	72.3%
Endeavour Academy Durham Peterlee, SR8 2RN	Alternative Provision	51	100%	57.1%
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	123	96.9%	60%
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	123	100%	60%
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	63	97.2%	72.2%
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	78	100%	80%
Haybrook College Slough, SL1 6LZ	Alternative Provision	168	100%	64.5%
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	138	83.8%	66.2%
Denewood Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	107	83.3%	84.4%
Unity Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	164	88.3%	74.7%
The Rowans Chatham, ME5 0LB	Alternative Provision	78	100%	64%
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	63	100%	75.5%
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	141	58.6%	65.8%
Mary Astell Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2LW	Alternative Provision	84	79.1%	80.6%
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	165	99.1%	60.2%
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139	100%	65.5%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	71.2%
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	63	100%	67.2%
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	72	100%	74.1%
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	91	83.3%	67.9%

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