Roman Fields Academy

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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	49	100%	16.3%
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	42	60%	60%
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	110	100%	33.3%
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	39	100%	66.7%
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	107	100%	11.1%
Restormel Academy St Austell, PL25 4TJ	Alternative Provision	35	100%	48.4%
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	72	72.7%	27.3%
Southampton Hospital School Southampton, SO16 6HU	Alternative Provision	27	50%	0%
OA - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	74	100%	55.4%
Coritani Academy Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ	Alternative Provision	27	100%	27.3%
OA - Cambridge Cambridge, CB4 2BD	Alternative Provision	46	44.4%	44.4%
OA - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43	75%	12.5%
Parkside Academy Ipswich, IP4 5ND	Alternative Provision	23	100%	50%
OA - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	48	100%	60%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	87	100%	42.4%
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	80	62.5%	60.7%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	118	100%	54.2%
Hospital and Outreach Education Northampton, NN4 8EN	Alternative Provision	60	100%	14.3%
Alderwood Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	17	100%	33.3%
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	47	40%	20%
Titan Aston Academy Birmingham, B6 4EA	Alternative Provision	41	100%	0%
Torlands Academy Exeter, EX4 1PT	Alternative Provision	139	100%	0%
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	40	86.7%	46.7%
Wey Valley College Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	29	100%	47.4%
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	58	89.5%	47.4%
Saffron Valley Collegiate Croydon, CR0 1QH	Alternative Provision	113	100%	43%
UET Compass Academy Great Yarmouth, NR31 9LD	Alternative Provision	62	100%	66.1%
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%
Laurus Grace Stockport, SK7 5JX	Alternative Provision	20	100%	40%

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	49	Sign in to see
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	121
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	42
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	96
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	110
Titan St Georges Academy Birmingham, B6 6EE	Alternative Provision	77
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	52
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	163
Sevenhills Academy Grimsby, DN33 1NU	Alternative Provision	26
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	155
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	72
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
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	67
Parkside Academy Ipswich, IP4 5ND	Alternative Provision	23
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	80
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
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	153
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139
Chalk Hill Sudbury, CO10 2SF	Alternative Provision	19
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	141
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	48
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	174
Archway Academy Middlesbrough, TS6 0DD	Alternative Provision	89
New Horizons Academy Northampton, NN1 2NE	Alternative Provision	75