The Skills Hub

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
The Skills Hub
(Your chosen school) 		Alternative Provision 89 36% 38%
Links Academy
St Albans, AL4 0TZ 		Alternative Provision 42 60% 60%
Ormiston Bridge Academy
London, SW6 6HB 		Alternative Provision 56 100% 60.9%
Southend YMCA Community School
Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH 		Alternative Provision 72 72.7% 27.3%
Beacon Business Innovation Hub
Ilford, IG4 5LP 		Alternative Provision 40 75% 50%
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%
Education Links
London, E15 1TT 		Alternative Provision 106 14.7% 22.7%
The Fermain Academy
Macclesfield, SK11 8JF 		Alternative Provision 59 25% 66.7%
College Central
Eastbourne, BN22 9RB 		Alternative Provision 104 42.3% 59%
OA - Cambridge
Cambridge, CB4 2BD 		Alternative Provision 46 44.4% 44.4%
River Tees Secondary Academy
Middlesbrough, TS3 8RD 		Alternative Provision 143 20.7% 54.1%
Victory Park Academy
Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG 		Alternative Provision 80 62.5% 60.7%
OA - Havering
Hornchurch, RM11 3UR 		Alternative Provision 39 39.4% 42.4%
Horizons Academy Bexley
Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA 		Alternative Provision 68 72% 48%
CP Riverside School
Nottingham, NG2 1DP 		Alternative Provision 47 40% 20%
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy
Shipley, BD18 3JE 		Alternative Provision 72 80.7% 54.4%
Harbour Vale School
Sherborne, DT9 4DN 		Alternative Provision 31 50% 61.1%
Links Hatfield Academy
Hatfield, AL10 8TJ 		Alternative Provision 40 86.7% 46.7%
Cranbury College
Reading, RG30 2TS 		Alternative Provision 58 57.5% 60%
Richard Barnes Academy
Peterborough, PE3 6BA 		Alternative Provision 141 33.3% 62.5%
Beckmead Moundwood Academy
Harlow, CM18 7EZ 		Alternative Provision 67 10.9% 60.9%
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy
Stafford, ST17 4BG 		Alternative Provision 55 38% 54%
Roundwood School and Community Centre
London, NW10 3UN 		Alternative Provision 27 0% 44.4%
Bishopton PRU
Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB 		Alternative Provision 71 32.8% 59.7%
Will Adams Academy
Gillingham, ME7 2BX 		Alternative Provision 58 89.5% 47.4%
Evolve Academy
London, SE11 4AX 		Alternative Provision 117 71.6% 65.4%
Saffron Valley Collegiate
Croydon, CR0 1QH 		Alternative Provision 113 100% 43%
Coventry Alternative Provision Academy
Coventry, CV2 5BD 		Alternative Provision 80 60.6% 66.2%
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
The Skills Hub
(Your chosen school) 		Alternative Provision 89 Sign in to see
Everton Free School & Football College
Liverpool, L4 4DF 		Alternative Provision 316
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire
Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX 		Alternative Provision 121
Harris Aspire Academy
London, SE25 6EJ 		Alternative Provision 45
The Jubilee Academy
Harrow, HA1 3AW 		Alternative Provision 68
Westside School
London, W6 0LT 		Alternative Provision 52
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy
London, NW8 0NW 		Alternative Provision 71
Beacon Business Innovation Hub
Ilford, IG4 5LP 		Alternative Provision 40
The Aspire Academy
Worcester, WR4 9FQ 		Alternative Provision 133
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy
Bromley, BR2 9EA 		Alternative Provision 118
The Pears Family School
London, N1 9JH 		Alternative Provision 32
Springwell Alternative Academy
Barnsley, S71 2AY 		Alternative Provision 58
Ebn Academy 2
Birmingham, B35 7PR 		Alternative Provision 60
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit
Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD 		Alternative Provision 62
Youth Challenge Pru
Bolton, BL1 6JT 		Alternative Provision 87
Beacon of Light School
Sunderland, SR5 1SN 		Alternative Provision 69
Evergreen Academy
Wolverhampton, WV6 0UA 		Alternative Provision 23
North East Essex Co-operative Academy
Colchester, CO2 9BS 		Alternative Provision 153
King's Leadership Phoenix Academy
Liverpool, L13 1FB 		Alternative Provision 40
The Ladder School
Walsall, WS1 1RS 		Alternative Provision 104
The Stephen Longfellow Academy
Leeds, LS11 8PG 		Alternative Provision 191
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy
Solihull, B90 4LE 		Alternative Provision 137
Horizons Academy Bexley
Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA 		Alternative Provision 68
CP Riverside School
Nottingham, NG2 1DP 		Alternative Provision 47
The Heights Burnley
Burnley, BB12 0DU 		Alternative Provision 91
The Workplace
Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS 		Alternative Provision 93
Roundwood School and Community Centre
London, NW10 3UN 		Alternative Provision 27
The CE Academy
Northampton, NN1 3EX 		Alternative Provision 162
Evolve Academy
London, SE11 4AX 		Alternative Provision 117
The Hub School
Hull, HU5 5YJ 		Alternative Provision 154