The Limes College

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
The Limes College (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	153	100%	56%
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%
Ormiston Bridge Academy London, SW6 6HB	Alternative Provision	56	100%	60.9%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	89	88.2%	61.8%
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	52	100%	63.6%
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	186	97.1%	48.6%
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	163	100%	71%
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	71	96.7%	77%
OA - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	74	100%	55.4%
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133	80.5%	48.8%
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	195	100%	73.8%
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	118	96.2%	49.1%
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	155	63.5%	64.2%
Haybrook College Slough, SL1 6LZ	Alternative Provision	180	100%	64.3%
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87	100%	67.9%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	87	100%	42.4%
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%
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	68	72%	48%
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	208	71.3%	56.6%
Newcastle Bridges School Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 3RU	Alternative Provision	129	91.9%	68.9%
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139	99.2%	70.2%
The CE Academy Northampton, NN1 3EX	Alternative Provision	162	54.6%	67.8%
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	117	71.6%	65.4%
Saffron Valley Collegiate Croydon, CR0 1QH	Alternative Provision	113	100%	43%
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154	80.3%	65.4%