The CE 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
The CE Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	165	100%	58%
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	134	100%	60.8%
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	114	98.6%	69%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	93	90%	56.7%
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	108	100%	40%
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	192	88.5%	53.8%
Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX	Alternative Provision	152	94.7%	76.3%
Aspire Academy Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE	Alternative Provision	170	100%	69.5%
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	95	100%	72.3%
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	123	96.9%	60%
The Elland Academy Leeds, LS12 6DQ	Alternative Provision	127	100%	50%
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	123	100%	60%
Coal Clough Academy Burnley, BB11 4PF	Alternative Provision	135	56.8%	55.9%
Haybrook College Slough, SL1 6LZ	Alternative Provision	168	100%	64.5%
Aspire High Wycombe, HP13 6PQ	Alternative Provision	226	100%	64.9%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	110	100%	52.4%
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	138	83.8%	66.2%
Denewood Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	107	83.3%	84.4%
Unity Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	164	88.3%	74.7%
River Tyne Academy Gateshead Gateshead, NE9 5PQ	Alternative Provision	141	58.6%	65.8%
Rise Academy Hull, HU2 0LH	Alternative Provision	206	69.9%	54.1%
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	58	100%	55.3%
Newcastle Bridges School Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 3RU	Alternative Provision	120	97.8%	71.7%
The Limes College Sutton, SM1 2SD	Alternative Provision	165	99.1%	60.2%
Esteem Valley Academy Ilkeston, DE7 8PF	Alternative Provision	139	100%	65.5%
Esteem North Academy Chesterfield, S41 0LN	Alternative Provision	240	100%	71.1%
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	54	100%	69.4%
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	84	100%	52.6%
Enrich Academy Wakefield, WF4 1LL	Alternative Provision	91	83.3%	67.9%
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	137	75.3%	44.3%

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 CE Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	165	Sign in to see
Everton Free School Liverpool, L4 4DF	Alternative Provision	307
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	87
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	129
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
UET Pathfinder Academy Norwich, NR10 5JW	Alternative Provision	375
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	72
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
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	63
Meadowbrook College Oxford, OX3 0PG	Alternative Provision	116
Haybrook College Slough, SL1 6LZ	Alternative Provision	168
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87
Victory Park Academy Southend-On-Sea, SS2 5LG	Alternative Provision	87
Evergreen Academy Wolverhampton, WV6 0UA	Alternative Provision	29
The Stephen Longfellow Academy Leeds, LS11 8PG	Alternative Provision	190
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	138
The Rowans Chatham, ME5 0LB	Alternative Provision	78
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	81
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	58
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
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF	Alternative Provision	37
Richard Barnes Academy Peterborough, PE3 6BA	Alternative Provision	148
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	48
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	137