The Heights Academy
Schools we chose for benchmarking
These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.
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
| School | Type | Number of pupils | Pupils with special educational needs | Pupils eligible for free school meals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
The Heights Academy
(Your chosen school) |
Special | 26 | 100% | 53.8% |
|
Medeshamstede Academy
Peterborough, PE1 5LQ |
Special | 106 | 100% | 41.5% |
|
Thames Valley School
Reading, RG30 4BZ |
Special | 55 | 100% | 38.2% |
|
Church Lawton School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3EL |
Special | 75 | 100% | 22.7% |
|
The Bridge Integrated Learning Space
London, N1 0HY |
Special | 27 | 100% | 70.4% |
|
Vanguard School
London, SE11 6QH |
Special | 64 | 100% | 48.4% |
|
Broadmeadow Special School
Wolverhampton, WV1 4AL |
Special | 75 | 100% | 56% |
|
High Park School
Bradford, BD9 6RY |
Special | 117 | 100% | 39.3% |
|
Spa School Camberwell
London, SE5 7EW |
Special | 101 | 100% | 59.4% |
|
The Windmill School
Barnet, EN5 5TS |
Special | 11 | 100% | 27.3% |
|
Purple Oaks Academy
Northampton, NN2 7RR |
Special | 119 | 100% | 31.9% |
|
The Wherry School
Norwich, NR1 2GB |
Special | 117 | 100% | 31.6% |
|
The Springfields Academy
Calne, SN11 0DS |
Special | 210 | 100% | 43.8% |
|
The Grove
London, N17 6AR |
Special | 128 | 100% | 43% |
|
Holbrook School for Autism
Belper, DE56 0TE |
Special | 147 | 100% | 51.7% |
|
Spa School, Bermondsey
London, SE1 5RN |
Special | 115 | 100% | 60.9% |
|
The Chalet School
Swindon, SN3 6EX |
Special | 80 | 100% | 38.8% |
|
Woodside Academy
Erith, DA8 3PB |
Special | 199 | 100% | 29.6% |
|
Harry Watts Academy
Sunderland, SR5 5JA |
Special | 169 | 100% | 47.9% |
|
Addington Valley Academy
Croydon, CR0 9AZ |
Special | 133 | 100% | 42.1% |
|
Chiltern Way Academy Wokingham
Wokingham, RG40 2HR |
Special | 56 | 100% | 48.2% |
|
The Cavendish School
Impington, CB24 9LY |
Special | 99 | 100% | 28.3% |
|
Cornerstone School
Belvedere, DA17 6DW |
Special | 78 | 100% | 44.9% |
|
The Bridge Easton
Easton, NR9 5EA |
Special | 100 | 100% | 35% |
|
Leycroft Academy
Birmingham, B33 9UE |
Special | 171 | 100% | 47.4% |
|
Elm Tree Primary Academy
Wednesbury, WS10 0TB |
Special | 48 | 100% | 35.4% |
|
Tettenhall Wood School
Wolverhampton, WV6 8XF |
Special | 164 | 100% | 50.6% |
|
The Hawthorns School
Chelmsford, CM1 2BN |
Special | 24 | 100% | 20.8% |
|
Corley Academy
Coventry, CV7 8AZ |
Special | 149 | 100% | 42.3% |
|
Connaught Special School
London, E13 9BT |
Special | 16 | 100% | 31.3% |
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
| School | Type | Number of pupils | Gross internal floor area | Average age of buildings |
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