The Heights Burnley

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 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%