The Bridge 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 Bridge Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	51	100%	61.9%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	93	90%	56.7%
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	39	100%	57.1%
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	73	100%	60.9%
North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy Bodmin, PL31 1LZ	Alternative Provision	58	100%	64.9%
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	72	100%	68.3%
Endeavour Academy Durham Peterlee, SR8 2RN	Alternative Provision	51	100%	57.1%
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	75	100%	50%
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	51	97.5%	70%
Park School Teaching Service Bolton, BL1 4QR	Alternative Provision	31	100%	63.6%
Olive AP Academy - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43	100%	60%
Evergreen Academy Wolverhampton, WV6 0UA	Alternative Provision	29	86.4%	63.6%
The Venn Boulevard Centre HULL, HU3 3EL	Alternative Provision	60	97.8%	57.8%
The Rowans Chatham, ME5 0LB	Alternative Provision	78	100%	64%
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	52	100%	57.1%
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	58	100%	55.3%
Engage Academy Batley, WF17 5LP	Alternative Provision	28	100%	69.2%
Reach Academy Batley, WF17 0BQ	Alternative Provision	24	100%	60.9%
Esteem South Academy Swadlincote, DE11 0TW	Alternative Provision	28	100%	60%
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	57	100%	62.2%
The Shoreline Academy Roundswell, EX31 3UD	Alternative Provision	38	100%	63.9%
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	63	100%	67.2%
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%
Wey Valley College Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	45	100%	62.5%
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	44	100%	56.7%
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	43	100%	69.2%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	56	100%	55.4%
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
The Bridge Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	51	Sign in to see
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	45
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	55
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	39
North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy Bodmin, PL31 1LZ	Alternative Provision	58
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	49
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	53
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	70
Springwell Harrogate Harrogate, HG1 5EP	Alternative Provision	27
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	123
Coritani Academy Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ	Alternative Provision	20
Sevenhills Academy Grimsby, DN33 1NU	Alternative Provision	40
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	75
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	80
Denewood Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	107
Unity Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	164
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	52
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	57
Titan Aston Academy Birmingham, B6 4EA	Alternative Provision	43
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	87
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	72
Wey Valley College Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	45
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy Stafford, ST17 4BG	Alternative Provision	52
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	43
Archway Academy Middlesbrough, TS6 0DD	Alternative Provision	78
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	51
Daylesford Academy Solihull, B92 7QW	Alternative Provision	24
Lansdown Park Academy Bristol, BS14 8SJ	Alternative Provision	18