Arbour 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
Arbour Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	44	92.3%	30.8%
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	39	100%	57.1%
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%
Beacon Business Innovation Hub Ilford, IG4 5LP	Alternative Provision	52	74.4%	55.8%
Endeavour Academy Durham Peterlee, SR8 2RN	Alternative Provision	51	100%	57.1%
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 Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	22	66.7%	33.3%
Park School Teaching Service Bolton, BL1 4QR	Alternative Provision	31	100%	63.6%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	71	100%	37.9%
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	60	97.8%	57.8%
King's Leadership Phoenix Academy Liverpool, L13 1FB	Alternative Provision	20	33.3%	33.3%
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	80	77.8%	29.6%
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	52	100%	57.1%
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	81	66.7%	40%
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	58	100%	55.3%
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	46	100%	44.4%
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	46	42.9%	42.9%
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	44	100%	56.7%
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	84	100%	52.6%
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	48	100%	22.9%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	56	100%	55.4%

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
Arbour Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	44	Sign in to see
Derby Pride Academy Derby, DE24 8BY	Alternative Provision	38
East Birmingham Network Academy Birmingham, B26 1AL	Alternative Provision	69
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	34
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	55
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	49
Restormel Academy St Austell, PL25 4TJ	Alternative Provision	36
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	53
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	70
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
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
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
Torlands Academy Exeter, EX4 1PT	Alternative Provision	136
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy Stafford, ST17 4BG	Alternative Provision	52
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	43
Oakfield Lodge School Crewe, CW1 4PP	Alternative Provision	45
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	51
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP	Alternative Provision	23
Lansdown Park Academy Bristol, BS14 8SJ	Alternative Provision	18
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	2