The Heights Burnley

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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
The Heights Burnley (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	91	0%	0%
Derby Pride Academy Derby, DE24 8BY	Alternative Provision	30	0%	0%
East Birmingham Network Academy Birmingham, B26 1AL	Alternative Provision	59	0%	0%
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	110	100%	33.3%
Abbey View Tewkesbury, GL20 5SW	Alternative Provision	27	0%	0%
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	54	0%	0%
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	45	0%	0%
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	72	72.7%	27.3%
The Jubilee Academy Harrow, HA1 3AW	Alternative Provision	68	0%	0%
Southampton Hospital School Southampton, SO16 6HU	Alternative Provision	27	50%	0%
The Pears Family School London, N1 9JH	Alternative Provision	32	0%	0%
Education Links London, E15 1TT	Alternative Provision	106	14.7%	22.7%
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	60	0%	0%
The Fermain Academy Macclesfield, SK11 8JF	Alternative Provision	59	25%	66.7%
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	21	0%	0%
OA - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43	75%	12.5%
Beacon of Light School Sunderland, SR5 1SN	Alternative Provision	69	0%	0%
St Christopher's Academy Ipswich, IP4 3HG	Alternative Provision	24	0%	0%
King's Leadership Phoenix Academy Liverpool, L13 1FB	Alternative Provision	40	0%	0%
The Stephen Longfellow Academy Leeds, LS11 8PG	Alternative Provision	191	0%	0%
First Base Ipswich Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	6	0%	0%
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	47	40%	20%
First Base Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7PJ	Alternative Provision	5	0%	0%
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68	0%	0%
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	93	0%	0%
Consilium Evolve Sunderland, SR2 7NA	Alternative Provision	27	0%	0%
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	89	36%	38%
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP	Alternative Provision	22	0%	0%
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	3	0%	0%
Laurus Grace Stockport, SK7 5JX	Alternative Provision	20	100%	40%

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
The Heights Burnley (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	91	Sign in to see
Everton Free School & Football College Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	316
East Birmingham Network Academy Birmingham, B26 1AL	Alternative Provision	59
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	100
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	89
OA - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	74
Beacon Business Innovation Hub Ilford, IG4 5LP	Alternative Provision	40
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	195
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	58
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	60
The Fermain Academy Macclesfield, SK11 8JF	Alternative Provision	59
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD	Alternative Provision	62
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	87
King's Leadership Phoenix Academy Liverpool, L13 1FB	Alternative Provision	40
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	104
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	68
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	56
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	54
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	88
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	51
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	40
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	93
Roundwood School and Community Centre London, NW10 3UN	Alternative Provision	27
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	59
Bishopton PRU Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB	Alternative Provision	71
Oakfield Lodge School Crewe, CW1 4PP	Alternative Provision	37
North Star 265° Bristol, BS9 2NT	Alternative Provision	8
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154
Coventry Alternative Provision Academy Coventry, CV2 5BD	Alternative Provision	80