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	81	0%	0%
Stone Soup Academy Nottingham, NG1 1HN	Alternative Provision	100	0%	0%
Everton Free School Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	307	20.1%	19.6%
East Birmingham Network Academy Birmingham, B26 1AL	Alternative Provision	69	0%	0%
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	129	100%	0%
Abbey View Tewkesbury, GL20 5SW	Alternative Provision	39	0%	0%
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	55	100%	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%
Southampton Hospital School Southampton, SO16 6HU	Alternative Provision	28	0%	0%
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	61	0%	0%
The Fermain Academy Macclesfield, SK11 8JF	Alternative Provision	62	23.5%	58.8%
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	135	56.8%	55.9%
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%
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%
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	80	77.8%	29.6%
Alderwood Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	11	0%	0%
First Base Ipswich Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	3	0%	0%
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	46	42.9%	42.9%
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%
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68	100%	0%
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	84	0%	0%
Consilium Evolve Sunderland, SR2 7NA	Alternative Provision	35	0%	0%
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	107	20.4%	38.8%
Arbour Academy Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 5AG	Alternative Provision	44	92.3%	30.8%

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	81	Sign in to see
Everton Free School Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	307
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	129
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	114
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	93
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	37
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	78
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	170
Meadowbrook College Oxford, OX3 0PG	Alternative Provision	116
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	61
The Fermain Academy Macclesfield, SK11 8JF	Alternative Provision	62
River Tees Secondary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD	Alternative Provision	108
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	42
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	22
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	51
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87
Olive AP Academy - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	34
Beacon of Light School Sunderland, SR5 1SN	Alternative Provision	63
The Rowans Chatham, ME5 0LB	Alternative Provision	78
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	52
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	81
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	58
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	46
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	63
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	54
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	45
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	84
Bishopton PRU Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB	Alternative Provision	64
Oakfield Lodge School Crewe, CW1 4PP	Alternative Provision	45