Unity 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
Unity Academy
(Your chosen school) 		Alternative Provision 19 100% 100%
Derby Pride Academy
Derby, DE24 8BY 		Alternative Provision 38 100% 100%
Links Academy
St Albans, AL4 0TZ 		Alternative Provision 45 100% 80%
Ormiston Bridge Academy
London, SW6 6HB 		Alternative Provision 56 100% 81.4%
The Pinetree School
Thetford, IP24 3LH 		Alternative Provision 34 100% 73.5%
Titan St Georges Academy
Birmingham, B6 6EE 		Alternative Provision 81 66.7% 75%
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy
Penzance, TR18 3NX 		Alternative Provision 49 100% 78.8%
Ormiston Latimer Academy
London, W10 6TT 		Alternative Provision 66 100% 81.1%
The Pears Family School
London, N1 9JH 		Alternative Provision 30 100% 100%
Sevenhills Academy
Grimsby, DN33 1NU 		Alternative Provision 40 100% 83.3%
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit
Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD 		Alternative Provision 41 100% 75%
Snowdon Village
Bristol, BS5 9QR 		Alternative Provision 78 100% 80%
Olive AP Academy - Suffolk
Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ 		Alternative Provision 34 100% 80%
The Boxing Academy AP Free School
London, E5 8PH 		Alternative Provision 41 100% 81.3%
Evergreen Academy
Wolverhampton, WV6 0UA 		Alternative Provision 29 86.4% 63.6%
St Matthias Academy
Bristol, BS16 2BG 		Alternative Provision 63 100% 75.5%
Mary Astell Academy
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2LW 		Alternative Provision 84 79.1% 80.6%
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy
Cannock, WS11 1LH 		Alternative Provision 57 100% 62.2%
Titan Aston Academy
Birmingham, B6 4EA 		Alternative Provision 43 100% 100%
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln
Lincoln, LN2 4EL 		Alternative Provision 58 100% 72.9%
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe
Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF 		Alternative Provision 37 100% 71.9%
Links Hatfield Academy
Hatfield, AL10 8TJ 		Alternative Provision 45 95.2% 71.4%
Fordway Centre
Guildford, GU2 8AA 		Alternative Provision 12 100% 87.5%
Newbridge School
Worcester, WR5 1DS 		Alternative Provision 43 100% 69.2%
Evolve Academy
Wakefield, WF2 8BB 		Alternative Provision 55 92.1% 76.3%
Will Adams Academy
Gillingham, ME7 2BX 		Alternative Provision 51 100% 75%
Daylesford Academy
Solihull, B92 7QW 		Alternative Provision 24 90% 80%
The Bridge Academy
Lichfield, WS13 6SW 		Alternative Provision 51 100% 61.9%
Lansdown Park Academy
Bristol, BS14 8SJ 		Alternative Provision 18 100% 71.4%
Kickstart Academy
Telford, TF2 9PQ 		Alternative Provision 46 100% 65.2%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 0 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