Torlands 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
Torlands Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	136	0%	0%
Stone Soup Academy Nottingham, NG1 1HN	Alternative Provision	100	0%	0%
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%
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	108	100%	40%
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%
Meadowbrook College Oxford, OX3 0PG	Alternative Provision	116	60%	40%
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	61	0%	0%
River Tees Secondary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD	Alternative Provision	108	20.6%	51.5%
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%
The Stephen Longfellow Academy Leeds, LS11 8PG	Alternative Provision	190	100%	0%
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	81	66.7%	40%
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%
The Heights Burnley Burnley, BB12 0DU	Alternative Provision	81	0%	0%
First Base Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7PJ	Alternative Provision	4	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%
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	148	28.2%	50%
Consilium Evolve Sunderland, SR2 7NA	Alternative Provision	35	0%	0%
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	107	20.4%	38.8%

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
Torlands Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	136	Sign in to see
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	34
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	55
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	39
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	108
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	73
North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy Bodmin, PL31 1LZ	Alternative Provision	58
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	49
Restormel Academy St Austell, PL25 4TJ	Alternative Provision	36
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	53
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	70
Springwell Harrogate Harrogate, HG1 5EP	Alternative Provision	27
Coritani Academy Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ	Alternative Provision	20
The Lodestar Academy Torquay, TQ2 8JE	Alternative Provision	51
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	52
First Base Ipswich Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	3
Titan Aston Academy Birmingham, B6 4EA	Alternative Provision	43
The Shoreline Academy Roundswell, EX31 3UD	Alternative Provision	38
River Dart Academy Dartington, TQ9 6JD	Alternative Provision	19
Harbour Vale School Sherborne, DT9 4DN	Alternative Provision	23
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68
Fordway Centre Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	12
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy Stafford, ST17 4BG	Alternative Provision	52
Archway Academy Middlesbrough, TS6 0DD	Alternative Provision	78
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	51
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP	Alternative Provision	23
Arbour Academy Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 5AG	Alternative Provision	44
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	51
Lansdown Park Academy Bristol, BS14 8SJ	Alternative Provision	18
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	2