The Workplace

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 Workplace
(Your chosen school)
Alternative Provision 84 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%
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%
Meadowbrook College
Oxford, OX3 0PG
Alternative Provision 116 60% 40%
Ebn Academy 2
Birmingham, B35 7PR
Alternative Provision 61 0% 0%
Olive AP Academy - Cambridge
Cambridge, CB4 2BD
Alternative Provision 48 0% 50%
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%
The Eaglewood School
New Milton, BH25 6SY
Alternative Provision 71 100% 37.9%
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%
Hospital and Outreach Education
Northampton, NN4 8EN
Alternative Provision 43 100% 0%
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%
Torlands Academy
Exeter, EX4 1PT
Alternative Provision 136 0% 0%
Cherry Tree Learning Centre
Dudley, DY1 2NX
Alternative Provision 68 100% 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%
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit
Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP
Alternative Provision 23 100% 0%

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 Workplace
(Your chosen school)
Alternative Provision 84 Sign in to see
Everton Free School
Liverpool, L4 4DF
Alternative Provision 307
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire
Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX
Alternative Provision 134
The Compass Academy
Hull, HU7 5DS
Alternative Provision 72
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
Bridge Academy
Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE
Alternative Provision 192
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock
Tilbury, RM18 7AX
Alternative Provision 78
Aspire Academy
Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE
Alternative Provision 170
Phoenix Park Academy
Grimsby, DN32 7NQ
Alternative Provision 95
Meadowbrook College
Oxford, OX3 0PG
Alternative Provision 116
Ebn Academy 2
Birmingham, B35 7PR
Alternative Provision 61
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
Olive AP Academy - Suffolk
Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ
Alternative Provision 34
Beacon of Light School
Sunderland, SR5 1SN
Alternative Provision 63
The Eaglewood School
New Milton, BH25 6SY
Alternative Provision 71
The Rowans
Chatham, ME5 0LB
Alternative Provision 78
Mary Astell Academy
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2LW
Alternative Provision 84
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
The Heights Burnley
Burnley, BB12 0DU
Alternative Provision 81
Esteem Valley Academy
Ilkeston, DE7 8PF
Alternative Provision 139
Stansfield Academy
Exeter, EX2 7LB
Alternative Provision 63
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe
Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF
Alternative Provision 37
Links Hatfield Academy
Hatfield, AL10 8TJ
Alternative Provision 45
Bishopton PRU
Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB
Alternative Provision 64