Lansdown Park 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
Lansdown Park Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	18	100%	71.4%
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	45	100%	80%
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	34	100%	73.5%
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%
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	49	100%	78.8%
Restormel Academy St Austell, PL25 4TJ	Alternative Provision	36	100%	51.7%
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD	Alternative Provision	41	100%	75%
Snowdon Village Bristol, BS5 9QR	Alternative Provision	78	100%	80%
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 - Suffolk Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ	Alternative Provision	34	100%	80%
Evergreen Academy Wolverhampton, WV6 0UA	Alternative Provision	29	86.4%	63.6%
St Matthias Academy Bristol, BS16 2BG	Alternative Provision	63	100%	75.5%
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%
The Shoreline Academy Roundswell, EX31 3UD	Alternative Provision	38	100%	63.9%
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	63	100%	67.2%
River Dart Academy Dartington, TQ9 6JD	Alternative Provision	19	100%	68.4%
Harbour Vale School Sherborne, DT9 4DN	Alternative Provision	23	50%	75%
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%
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	43	100%	69.2%
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	51	100%	75%
Daylesford Academy Solihull, B92 7QW	Alternative Provision	24	90%	80%
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
Lansdown Park Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	18	Sign in to see
The Quay School Poole, BH12 4HU	Alternative Provision	114
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	34
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	55
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	39
Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy Truro, TR1 3AS	Alternative Provision	108
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	73
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
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	139
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
The Shoreline Academy Roundswell, EX31 3UD	Alternative Provision	38
Stansfield Academy Exeter, EX2 7LB	Alternative Provision	63
Torlands Academy Exeter, EX4 1PT	Alternative Provision	136
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	72
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy Stafford, ST17 4BG	Alternative Provision	52
Archway Academy Middlesbrough, TS6 0DD	Alternative Provision	78
Evolve Academy Wakefield, WF2 8BB	Alternative Provision	55
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	51
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	51
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	2