The Sky Academy

Schools we chose for benchmarking

This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.

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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 Sky Academy
(Your chosen school)
Special 100 100% 77%
Tregonwell Academy
Bournemouth, BH7 6QP
Special 144 100% 70.2%
Nyland School
Swindon, SN3 3RD
Special 78 100% 71%
Marchbank Free School
Darlington, DL3 9BL
Special 55 100% 60%
Longspee Academy
Poole, BH17 8PJ
Special 111 100% 60.4%
Cloughwood Academy
Northwich, CW8 1NU
Special 118 100% 72.9%
Littledown School
Slough, SL1 3QW
Special 37 100% 59.5%
Riversides School
Worcester, WR1 3HZ
Special 69 100% 76.8%
Kingfisher School
Redditch, B98 0HF
Special 144 100% 65%
North Star 180°
Bath, BA2 5RF
Special 103 100% 68.9%
North View Academy
Sunderland, SR4 0HB
Special 82 100% 62.2%
Cuckmere House School
Seaford, BN25 4BA
Special 85 100% 68.2%
New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)
St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 9JU
Special 69 100% 68.1%
Bridgeview Special School
Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD
Special 84 100% 63.1%
Endeavour Academy Bexley
Bexleyheath, DA7 6LB
Special 95 100% 69.5%
Aspire Academy
Welling, DA16 1JB
Special 64 100% 76.6%
Knowle DGE Academy
Bristol, BS4 1QY
Special 163 100% 73%
Fern House School
Enfield, EN3 6NY
Special 72 100% 70.8%
Unified Academy
Dorking, RH5 4DB
Special 84 100% 75.9%
Northern House Academy
Oxford, OX2 7JN
Special 85 100% 51.8%
Soundwell Academy
Kingswood, BS16 4RL
Special 140 100% 60.7%
The Ropemakers' Academy
Hailsham, BN27 1FB
Special 111 100% 62.2%
North Star 82°
Bristol, BS10 7AH
Special 61 100% 80.3%
North Star 240°
Bristol, BS11 0QA
Special 75 100% 82.7%
The Promise School
Okehampton, EX20 1GH
Special 79 100% 65.8%
Mount Tamar School
Plymouth, PL5 2EF
Special 108 100% 78.7%
Peak Academy
Dursley, GL11 5HD
Special 64 100% 78.1%
Gilbert Ward Academy
Blyth, NE24 2TS
Special 55 100% 63.6%
Lotus Academy
Sheffield, S5 7WE
Special 92 100% 84.4%
Hill View School
Martock, TA12 6GD
Special 55 100% 54.5%