OA Tunbridge Wells

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
OA Tunbridge Wells (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	31		0%
Derby Pride Academy Derby, DE24 8BY	Alternative Provision	30	0%	0%
East Birmingham Network Academy Birmingham, B26 1AL	Alternative Provision	59	0%	0%
Abbey View Tewkesbury, GL20 5SW	Alternative Provision	27	0%	0%
Acorn Free School Lincoln, LN5 9TL	Alternative Provision	54	0%	0%
Harris Aspire Academy London, SE25 6EJ	Alternative Provision	45	0%	0%
The Jubilee Academy Harrow, HA1 3AW	Alternative Provision	68	0%	0%
Southampton Hospital School Southampton, SO16 6HU	Alternative Provision	27	50%	0%
The Pears Family School London, N1 9JH	Alternative Provision	32	0%	0%
Ebn Academy 2 Birmingham, B35 7PR	Alternative Provision	60	0%	0%
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	104	42.3%	59%
River Tees Primary Academy Middlesbrough, TS3 8NH	Alternative Provision	21	0%	0%
OA - Nene Valley Wisbech, PE13 2FP	Alternative Provision	43	75%	12.5%
Beacon of Light School Sunderland, SR5 1SN	Alternative Provision	69	0%	0%
The Eaglewood School New Milton, BH25 6SY	Alternative Provision	87	100%	42.4%
St Christopher's Academy Ipswich, IP4 3HG	Alternative Provision	24	0%	0%
King's Leadership Phoenix Academy Liverpool, L13 1FB	Alternative Provision	40	0%	0%
First Base Ipswich Academy Ipswich, IP3 0EW	Alternative Provision	6	0%	0%
CP Riverside School Nottingham, NG2 1DP	Alternative Provision	47	40%	20%
The Heights Burnley Burnley, BB12 0DU	Alternative Provision	91	0%	0%
First Base Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7PJ	Alternative Provision	5	0%	0%
Cherry Tree Learning Centre Dudley, DY1 2NX	Alternative Provision	68	0%	0%
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	58	57.5%	60%
The Workplace Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4HS	Alternative Provision	93	0%	0%
Wey Valley College Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	29	100%	47.4%
Consilium Evolve Sunderland, SR2 7NA	Alternative Provision	27	0%	0%
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	58	89.5%	47.4%
Milton Keynes Primary Pupil Referral Unit Milton Keynes, MK2 2HP	Alternative Provision	22	0%	0%
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	3	0%	0%
Chiltern Way Academy Futures Basingstoke, RG23 8AA	Alternative Provision	48	64.5%	45.2%

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
OA Tunbridge Wells (Your chosen school)	Alternative Provision	31	Sign in to see
Links Academy St Albans, AL4 0TZ	Alternative Provision	42
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy Liskeard, PL14 6BS	Alternative Provision	44
North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy Bodmin, PL31 1LZ	Alternative Provision	63
Southend YMCA Community School Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH	Alternative Provision	72
Springwell Harrogate Harrogate, HG1 5EP	Alternative Provision	26
The Elland Academy Leeds, LS12 6DQ	Alternative Provision	120
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Doncaster, DN4 6AH	Alternative Provision	121
Coritani Academy Scunthorpe, DN16 2PZ	Alternative Provision	27
Sevenhills Academy Grimsby, DN33 1NU	Alternative Provision	26
College Central Eastbourne, BN22 9RB	Alternative Provision	104
Forwards Centre Bolton, BL2 5DX	Alternative Provision	61
Denewood Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	118
Unity Academy Nottingham, NG7 4ES	Alternative Provision	232
The Whitley AP Academy Halifax, HX2 9SR	Alternative Provision	75
Chalk Hill Sudbury, CO10 2SF	Alternative Provision	19
Cranbury College Reading, RG30 2TS	Alternative Provision	58
Fordway Centre Ashford, TW15 3DU	Alternative Provision	12
Wey Valley College Guildford, GU2 8AA	Alternative Provision	29
Reigate Valley College Reigate, RH2 8PP	Alternative Provision	48
Estuary Academy Gravesend, DA12 4DJ	Alternative Provision	174
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy Stafford, ST17 4BG	Alternative Provision	55
Will Adams Academy Gillingham, ME7 2BX	Alternative Provision	58
Daylesford Academy Solihull, B92 7QW	Alternative Provision	39
The Bridge Academy Lichfield, WS13 6SW	Alternative Provision	61
Alder Brook Primary Partnership Centre Salford, M30 8LE	Alternative Provision	79
Lansdown Park Academy Bristol, BS14 8SJ	Alternative Provision	20
The Albany Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3JX	Alternative Provision	3
Park Aspire Alternative Provision Academy Bradford, BD5 8DB	Alternative Provision	64
Chiltern Way Academy Futures Basingstoke, RG23 8AA	Alternative Provision	48