Oakfield Lodge School

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
Oakfield Lodge School (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	45	46.7%	68.9%
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	87	90.4%	69.2%
Titan St Georges Academy Birmingham, B6 6EE	Alternative Provision	81	66.7%	75%
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	78	58.9%	48.2%
Beacon Business Innovation Hub Ilford, IG4 5LP	Alternative Provision	52	74.4%	55.8%
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	63	97.2%	72.2%
The Fermain Academy Macclesfield, SK11 8JF	Alternative Provision	62	23.5%	58.8%
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	51	97.5%	70%
Park School Teaching Service Bolton, BL1 4QR	Alternative Provision	31	100%	63.6%
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%
Evergreen Academy Wolverhampton, WV6 0UA	Alternative Provision	29	86.4%	63.6%
The Lodestar Academy Torquay, TQ2 8JE	Alternative Provision	51	52.1%	64.6%
Mary Astell Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2LW	Alternative Provision	84	79.1%	80.6%
Engage Academy Batley, WF17 5LP	Alternative Provision	28	100%	69.2%
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%
Harbour Vale School Sherborne, DT9 4DN	Alternative Provision	23	50%	75%
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF	Alternative Provision	37	100%	71.9%
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	54	100%	69.4%
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	45	95.2%	71.4%
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy Stafford, ST17 4BG	Alternative Provision	52	37%	56.5%
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	43	100%	69.2%
Bishopton PRU Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB	Alternative Provision	64	41.9%	56.5%
Archway Academy Middlesbrough, TS6 0DD	Alternative Provision	78	38.7%	82.7%
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	55	92.1%	76.3%
Daylesford Academy Solihull, B92 7QW	Alternative Provision	24	90%	80%
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	91	83.3%	67.9%
Kickstart Academy Telford, TF2 9PQ	Alternative Provision	46	100%	65.2%

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
Oakfield Lodge School (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	45	Sign in to see
Derby Pride Academy Derby, DE24 8BY	Alternative Provision	38
East Birmingham Network Academy Birmingham, B26 1AL	Alternative Provision	69
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	93
Restormel Academy St Austell, PL25 4TJ	Alternative Provision	36
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	78
Beacon Business Innovation Hub Ilford, IG4 5LP	Alternative Provision	52
The Pears Family School London, N1 9JH	Alternative Provision	30
The Fermain Academy Macclesfield, SK11 8JF	Alternative Provision	62
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	51
Olive AP Academy - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43
Beacon of Light School Sunderland, SR5 1SN	Alternative Provision	63
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	71
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	52
Alderwood Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	11
First Base Ipswich Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	3
The Heights Burnley Burnley, BB12 0DU	Alternative Provision	81
First Base Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7PJ	Alternative Provision	4
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	57
Titan Aston Academy Birmingham, B6 4EA	Alternative Provision	43
The Shoreline Academy Roundswell, EX31 3UD	Alternative Provision	38
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	63
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	58
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF	Alternative Provision	37
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	54
Links Hatfield Academy Hatfield, AL10 8TJ	Alternative Provision	45
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	43
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	56
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP	Alternative Provision	23
Arbour Academy Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 5AG	Alternative Provision	44