Roman Fields 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
Roman Fields Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	48	100%	22.9%
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	55	100%	0%
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	108	100%	40%
Restormel Academy St Austell, PL25 4TJ	Alternative Provision	36	100%	51.7%
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	70	72.2%	38.9%
Springwell Harrogate Harrogate, HG1 5EP	Alternative Provision	27	100%	47.4%
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	47	100%	47.4%
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	78	58.9%	48.2%
The ArtsXchange London, EC1V 1JX	Alternative Provision	37	87%	39.1%
Coritani Academy Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ	Alternative Provision	20	100%	37.5%
Meadowbrook College Oxford, OX3 0PG	Alternative Provision	116	60%	40%
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	75	100%	50%
The Sullivan Centre Hull, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	33	100%	51.9%
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	42	100%	0%
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	22	66.7%	33.3%
Olive AP Academy - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43	100%	60%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	71	100%	37.9%
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	87	71%	61.3%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	110	100%	52.4%
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	80	77.8%	29.6%
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	81	66.7%	40%
Hospital and Outreach Education Northampton, NN4 8EN	Alternative Provision	43	100%	0%
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	58	100%	55.3%
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	46	100%	44.4%
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68	100%	0%
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	84	100%	52.6%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	56	100%	55.4%
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP	Alternative Provision	23	100%	0%
Arbour Academy Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 5AG	Alternative Provision	44	92.3%	30.8%
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	2	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
Roman Fields Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	48	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
Ormiston Bridge Academy London, SW6 6HB	Alternative Provision	56
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
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	135
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	75
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	139
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
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	148