The Whitley AP Academy

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
The Whitley AP Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	75	100%	67.6%
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	96	95.7%	69.6%
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	64	98.3%	77.2%
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	100	96.9%	65.6%
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	68	98%	74%
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	55	100%	73.8%
Springwell Harrogate Harrogate, HG1 5EP	Alternative Provision	26	100%	61.1%
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	52	100%	63.6%
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85	100%	78%
Endeavour Academy Durham Peterlee, SR8 2RN	Alternative Provision	51	100%	64%
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	58	90.5%	71.4%
Sevenhills Academy Grimsby, DN33 1NU	Alternative Provision	26	100%	70%
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	72	100%	66.7%
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD	Alternative Provision	62	100%	77.8%
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	74	100%	66.7%
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87	100%	67.9%
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	68	100%	58.3%
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	56	100%	62%
Engage Academy Batley, WF17 5LP	Alternative Provision	29	100%	72.4%
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	44	100%	59.1%
Reach Academy Batley, WF17 0BQ	Alternative Provision	44	100%	56.8%
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	53	100%	67.3%
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	72	80.7%	54.4%
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF	Alternative Provision	56	100%	70.2%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	59	100%	61%
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	67	79.1%	76.7%
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	61	100%	66.7%
Kickstart Academy Telford, TF2 9PQ	Alternative Provision	56	94.6%	69.6%
UET Compass Academy Great Yarmouth, NR31 9LD	Alternative Provision	62	100%	66.1%
Park Aspire Alternative Provision Academy Bradford, BD5 8DB	Alternative Provision	64	100%	56.1%

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 Whitley AP Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	75	Sign in to see
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	42
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	64
Titan St Georges Academy Birmingham, B6 6EE	Alternative Provision	77
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	44
North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy Bodmin, PL31 1LZ	Alternative Provision	63
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	55
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	54
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	72
Springwell Harrogate Harrogate, HG1 5EP	Alternative Provision	26
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85
The Elland Academy Leeds, LS12 6DQ	Alternative Provision	120
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	121
Coritani Academy Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ	Alternative Provision	27
Sevenhills Academy Grimsby, DN33 1NU	Alternative Provision	26
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	61
Denewood Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	118
Unity Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	232
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	72
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68
Chalk Hill Sudbury, CO10 2SF	Alternative Provision	19
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	58
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	67
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	58
Daylesford Academy Solihull, B92 7QW	Alternative Provision	39
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	93
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	61
Alder Brook Primary Partnership Centre Salford, M30 8LE	Alternative Provision	79
Lansdown Park Academy Bristol, BS14 8SJ	Alternative Provision	20
Park Aspire Alternative Provision Academy Bradford, BD5 8DB	Alternative Provision	64