Kickstart 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
Kickstart Academy (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	56	94.6%	69.6%
The Compass Academy Hull, HU7 5DS	Alternative Provision	64	98.3%	77.2%
Continu Plus Academy Kidderminster, DY11 7FB	Alternative Provision	89	88.2%	61.8%
The Pinetree School Thetford, IP24 3LH	Alternative Provision	39	100%	66.7%
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	53	80%	60%
Titan St Georges Academy Birmingham, B6 6EE	Alternative Provision	77	80%	80%
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	44	100%	72.2%
Nine Maidens Alternative Provision Academy Redruth, TR16 6ND	Alternative Provision	68	98%	74%
Penwith Alternative Provision Academy Penzance, TR18 3NX	Alternative Provision	55	100%	73.8%
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	52	100%	63.6%
Ormiston Beachcroft Academy London, NW8 0NW	Alternative Provision	71	96.7%	77%
Endeavour Academy Durham Peterlee, SR8 2RN	Alternative Provision	51	100%	64%
Springwell Alternative Academy Barnsley, S71 2AY	Alternative Provision	58	90.5%	71.4%
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%
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	104	100%	63.6%
Springwell Alternative Academy Spalding Spalding, PE11 2PN	Alternative Provision	56	100%	62%
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%
River Dart Academy Dartington, TQ9 6JD	Alternative Provision	39	100%	64.9%
Springwell Alternative Academy Mablethorpe Mablethorpe, LN12 2DF	Alternative Provision	56	100%	70.2%
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Grantham, NG31 9LD	Alternative Provision	51	100%	72.9%
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	48	100%	64.5%
Newbridge School Worcester, WR5 1DS	Alternative Provision	44	100%	72.5%
Euler Academy Hull, HU8 9HJ	Alternative Provision	59	100%	61%
Arbour Academy Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 5AG	Alternative Provision	54	96.2%	73.1%
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	61	100%	66.7%
Unity Academy Kidderminster, DY10 2QJ	Alternative Provision	36	100%	67.9%
UET Compass Academy Great Yarmouth, NR31 9LD	Alternative Provision	62	100%	66.1%

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