The Albany

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 Albany (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	2	100%	0%
The Heights Blackburn Blackburn, BB2 4NW	Alternative Provision	129	100%	0%
Reach School Birmingham, B14 7BB	Alternative Provision	55	100%	0%
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	53	33.3%	33.3%
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	70	72.2%	38.9%
Springwell Harrogate Harrogate, HG1 5EP	Alternative Provision	27	100%	47.4%
Westside School London, W6 0LT	Alternative Provision	47	100%	47.4%
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock Tilbury, RM18 7AX	Alternative Provision	78	58.9%	48.2%
The ArtsXchange London, EC1V 1JX	Alternative Provision	37	87%	39.1%
Coritani Academy Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ	Alternative Provision	20	100%	37.5%
River Tees Hospital School Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA	Alternative Provision	42	100%	0%
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	22	66.7%	33.3%
Olive AP Academy - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43	100%	60%
Parkside Academy Ipswich, IP4 5ND	Alternative Provision	3	0%	0%
Westbridge Academy Ipswich, IP1 2HE	Alternative Provision	3	0%	0%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	71	100%	37.9%
St Christopher's Academy Ipswich, IP4 3HG	Alternative Provision	6	0%	0%
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Maldon, CM9 4NB	Alternative Provision	110	100%	52.4%
King's Leadership Phoenix Academy Liverpool, L13 1FB	Alternative Provision	20	33.3%	33.3%
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	80	77.8%	29.6%
Horizons Academy Bexley Abbey Wood, SE2 9TA	Alternative Provision	81	66.7%	40%
Hospital and Outreach Education Northampton, NN4 8EN	Alternative Provision	43	100%	0%
Alderwood Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	11	0%	0%
First Base Ipswich Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	3	0%	0%
Ethos College Dewsbury, WF13 4QS	Alternative Provision	46	100%	44.4%
First Base Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7PJ	Alternative Provision	4	0%	0%
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68	100%	0%
Roman Fields Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DF	Alternative Provision	48	100%	22.9%
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP	Alternative Provision	23	100%	0%
Arbour Academy Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 5AG	Alternative Provision	44	92.3%	30.8%

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 Albany (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	2	Sign in to see
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	45
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
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
Coritani Academy Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ	Alternative Provision	20
St Christopher's Academy Ipswich, IP4 3HG	Alternative Provision	6
North East Essex Co-operative Academy Colchester, CO2 9BS	Alternative Provision	139
The Ladder School Walsall, WS1 1RS	Alternative Provision	80
Kassia Academy and Support Services Warrington, WA2 0QQ	Alternative Provision	52
Alderwood Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	11
First Base Ipswich Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	3
First Base Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7PJ	Alternative Provision	4
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy Shipley, BD18 3JE	Alternative Provision	87
Torlands Academy Exeter, EX4 1PT	Alternative Provision	136
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68
Fordway Centre Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	12
Wey Valley College Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	45
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy Stafford, ST17 4BG	Alternative Provision	52
Archway Academy Middlesbrough, TS6 0DD	Alternative Provision	78
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	51
Daylesford Academy Solihull, B92 7QW	Alternative Provision	24
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	51
Lansdown Park Academy Bristol, BS14 8SJ	Alternative Provision	18