Estuary 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
Estuary Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	174	93.8%	27.1%
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	110	100%	33.3%
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	107	100%	11.1%
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	72	72.7%	27.3%
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	186	97.1%	48.6%
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	163	100%	71%
OA - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	74	100%	55.4%
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133	80.5%	48.8%
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	118	96.2%	49.1%
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	155	63.5%	64.2%
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	104	42.3%	59%
Haybrook College Slough, SL1 6LZ	Alternative Provision	180	100%	64.3%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	87	100%	42.4%
Aspire High Wycombe, HP13 6PQ	Alternative Provision	253	100%	57.6%
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	153	95.4%	62.1%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	118	100%	54.2%
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	104	100%	63.6%
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	68	72%	48%
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	208	71.3%	56.6%
Hospital and Outreach Education Northampton, NN4 8EN	Alternative Provision	60	100%	14.3%
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	153	100%	56%
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	72	80.7%	54.4%
Torlands Academy Exeter, EX4 1PT	Alternative Provision	139	100%	0%
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	49	100%	16.3%
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	58	89.5%	47.4%
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	89	36%	38%
Saffron Valley Collegiate Croydon, CR0 1QH	Alternative Provision	113	100%	43%
The Hub School Hull, HU5 5YJ	Alternative Provision	154	80.3%	65.4%
New Horizons Academy Northampton, NN1 2NE	Alternative Provision	75	100%	40.4%
Chiltern Way Academy Futures Basingstoke, RG23 8AA	Alternative Provision	48	64.5%	45.2%

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
Estuary Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	174	Sign in to see
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	121
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	42
Titan St Georges Academy Birmingham, B6 6EE	Alternative Provision	77
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	107
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	68
Coritani Academy Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ	Alternative Provision	27
Sevenhills Academy Grimsby, DN33 1NU	Alternative Provision	26
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	104
The Sullivan Centre Hull, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	29
OA - Cambridge Cambridge, CB4 2BD	Alternative Provision	46
Parkside Academy Ipswich, IP4 5ND	Alternative Provision	23
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	68
St Christopher's Academy Ipswich, IP4 3HG	Alternative Provision	24
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	118
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	61
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	128
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	208
Engage Academy Batley, WF17 5LP	Alternative Provision	29
River Dart Academy Dartington, TQ9 6JD	Alternative Provision	39
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	72
Harbour Vale School Sherborne, DT9 4DN	Alternative Provision	31
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	58
Fordway Centre Ashford, TW15 3DU	Alternative Provision	12
Wey Valley College Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	29
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	48
Archway Academy Middlesbrough, TS6 0DD	Alternative Provision	89
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	58
Daylesford Academy Solihull, B92 7QW	Alternative Provision	39
Alder Brook Primary Partnership Centre Salford, M30 8LE	Alternative Provision	79