Richard Barnes 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
Richard Barnes Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	148	28.2%	50%
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	87	90.4%	69.2%
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	134	100%	60.8%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	93	90%	56.7%
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	53	33.3%	33.3%
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	70	72.2%	38.9%
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	192	88.5%	53.8%
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	78	58.9%	48.2%
Meadowbrook College Oxford, OX3 0PG	Alternative Provision	116	60%	40%
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%
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	139	48.6%	65.7%
Olive AP Academy - Cambridge Cambridge, CB4 2BD	Alternative Provision	48	0%	50%
River Tees Secondary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD	Alternative Provision	108	20.6%	51.5%
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87	64.8%	71.8%
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	87	71%	61.3%
Olive AP Academy - Havering Hornchurch, RM11 3UR	Alternative Provision	37	42.9%	57.1%
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	139	50%	62.9%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	110	100%	52.4%
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	138	83.8%	66.2%
The Lodestar Academy Torquay, TQ2 8JE	Alternative Provision	51	52.1%	64.6%
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	141	58.6%	65.8%
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	81	66.7%	40%
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	206	69.9%	54.1%
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	46	42.9%	42.9%
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	87	65.4%	60.3%
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy Stafford, ST17 4BG	Alternative Provision	52	37%	56.5%
Bishopton PRU Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB	Alternative Provision	64	41.9%	56.5%
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	107	20.4%	38.8%
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	137	75.3%	44.3%

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
Richard Barnes Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	148	Sign in to see
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	115
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	45
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	87
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	134
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	129
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	72
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	37
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	47
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	192
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	152
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	95
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	123
The ArtsXchange London, EC1V 1JX	Alternative Provision	37
Meadowbrook College Oxford, OX3 0PG	Alternative Provision	116
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	75
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
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87
Olive AP Academy - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	34
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	87
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	139
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	138
The Rowans Chatham, ME5 0LB	Alternative Provision	78
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	141
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	46
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	165
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	48