Estuary Academy

Schools we chose for benchmarking

This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.

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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%