The Vireo 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 Vireo Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	102	100%	76.5%
Harmonize Academy AP Free School Liverpool, L6 6DL	Alternative Provision	121	100%	85.7%
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	96	95.7%	69.6%
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	121	96%	70%
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	64	98.3%	77.2%
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	100	96.9%	65.6%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	89	88.2%	61.8%
Titan St Georges Academy Birmingham, B6 6EE	Alternative Provision	77	80%	80%
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	68	98%	74%
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	71	96.7%	77%
Phoenix Park Academy Grimsby, DN32 7NQ	Alternative Provision	85	100%	78%
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	121	100%	84.6%
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	72	100%	66.7%
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD	Alternative Provision	62	100%	77.8%
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	74	100%	66.7%
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	67	100%	78%
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87	100%	67.9%
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	104	100%	63.6%
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	137	90.2%	72.1%
Denewood Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	118	88.2%	82.7%
Newcastle Bridges School Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 3RU	Alternative Provision	129	91.9%	68.9%
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75	100%	67.6%
Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy Cannock, WS11 1LH	Alternative Provision	53	100%	67.3%
Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln Lincoln, LN2 4EL	Alternative Provision	88	98.8%	81.5%
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	44	100%	72.5%
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	61	100%	66.7%
Unity Academy Kidderminster, DY10 2QJ	Alternative Provision	36	100%	67.9%
Alder Brook Primary Partnership Centre Salford, M30 8LE	Alternative Provision	79	100%	81.1%
Kickstart Academy Telford, TF2 9PQ	Alternative Provision	56	94.6%	69.6%
Coventry Alternative Provision Academy Coventry, CV2 5BD	Alternative Provision	80	60.6%	66.2%

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 Vireo Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	102	Sign in to see
Greys Education Centre Bedford, MK42 7AB	Alternative Provision	96
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX	Alternative Provision	121
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	110
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	52
Bridge Academy Milton Keynes, MK6 5DE	Alternative Provision	186
UET Pathfinder Academy Norwich, NR10 5JW	Alternative Provision	338
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	71
The Aspire Academy Worcester, WR4 9FQ	Alternative Provision	133
Bromley Trust Alternative Provision Academy Bromley, BR2 9EA	Alternative Provision	118
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	58
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	60
The Edge Academy Birmingham, B31 2LQ	Alternative Provision	72
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	67
Haybrook College Slough, SL1 6LZ	Alternative Provision	180
Youth Challenge Pru Bolton, BL1 6JT	Alternative Provision	87
Beacon of Light School Sunderland, SR5 1SN	Alternative Provision	69
Evergreen Academy Wolverhampton, WV6 0UA	Alternative Provision	23
Aspire High Wycombe, HP13 6PQ	Alternative Provision	253
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	153
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	104
The Stephen Longfellow Academy Leeds, LS11 8PG	Alternative Provision	191
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Solihull, B90 4LE	Alternative Provision	137
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	68
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	47
The Skills Hub West Drayton, UB7 8AB	Alternative Provision	89
The CE Academy Northampton, NN1 3EX	Alternative Provision	162
Evolve Academy London, SE11 4AX	Alternative Provision	117
Coventry Alternative Provision Academy Coventry, CV2 5BD	Alternative Provision	80
New Horizons Academy Northampton, NN1 2NE	Alternative Provision	75