Schools we chose for benchmarking
These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.
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
| School | Type | Number of pupils | Pupils with special educational needs | Pupils eligible for free school meals | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Shepherd RC Primary School (Your chosen school) | Primary | 227 | 15% | 12.8% | 
| St Peter's Primary School London, W6 9BA | Primary | 209 | 17.2% | 12.4% | 
| St Vincent's Catholic Primary School London, W1U 4DF | Primary | 231 | 15.9% | 12.9% | 
| Dorothy Barley Infants' School Dagenham, RM8 2LL | Primary | 222 | 14.2% | 12.9% | 
| Courtland School London, NW7 3BG | Primary | 207 | 15.5% | 12.1% | 
| St Mary's CofE Primary School, East Barnet Barnet, EN4 8SR | Primary | 217 | 16.6% | 12.9% | 
| Beaumont Primary School Purley, CR8 4DN | Primary | 212 | 14.2% | 13.7% | 
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School Uxbridge, UB8 2UA | Primary | 235 | 15.6% | 13.4% | 
| St John's C of E Primary School Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2SG | Primary | 225 | 12.1% | 12.9% | 
| St John the Baptist Church of England Junior School Kingston upon Thames, KT1 4HQ | Primary | 225 | 15.1% | 12.9% | 
| Northenden Community School Manchester, M22 4FL | Primary | 223 | 13.5% | 13.5% | 
| Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School WARRINGTON, WA3 1EW | Primary | 237 | 15.2% | 13.1% | 
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School Manchester, M28 1AG | Primary | 211 | 15.2% | 12.8% | 
| Shelf Junior and Infant School Halifax, HX3 7LT | Primary | 229 | 14.9% | 11.8% | 
| Westgate Primary School Otley, LS21 3JS | Primary | 224 | 13.6% | 13.6% | 
| Durham Lane Primary School Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 0NG | Primary | 224 | 14.9% | 13.1% | 
| Stock Church of England Primary School Ingatestone, CM4 9BQ | Primary | 209 | 14.4% | 12.4% | 
| Greatham Primary School Liss, GU33 6HA | Primary | 205 | 14.6% | 12.7% | 
| Crofton Hammond Junior School Fareham, PO14 2DE | Primary | 224 | 13.4% | 12.1% | 
| Abel Smith School Hertford, SG13 8AE | Primary | 229 | 16.3% | 12.4% | 
| How Wood Primary and Nursery School St Albans, AL2 2HU | Primary | 219 | 14.8% | 13.5% | 
| Nash Mills Church of England Primary School Hemel Hempstead, HP3 9XB | Primary | 218 | 16.4% | 12.4% | 
| Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring Tring, HP23 5AU | Primary | 243 | 16.1% | 13.2% | 
| Barrowby Church of England Primary School Grantham, NG32 1BX | Primary | 240 | 13.8% | 12.9% | 
| Coltishall Primary School Norwich, NR12 7HA | Primary | 212 | 16.5% | 12.3% | 
| Carrington Primary and Nursery School Nottingham, NG5 2BF | Primary | 216 | 13.8% | 12.9% | 
| St Laurence CofE Primary School Ludlow, SY8 1TP | Primary | 220 | 13.6% | 13.6% | 
| Godalming Junior School Godalming, GU7 3HW | Primary | 239 | 13.4% | 12.6% | 
| Clapham Terrace Community Primary School and Nursery Leamington Spa, CV31 1HZ | Primary | 229 | 16.4% | 13.4% | 
| Wynndale Primary School Mansfield, NG18 3NY | Primary | 234 | 13.6% | 12.3% | 
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
| School | Type | Number of pupils | Gross internal floor area | Average age of buildings | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Shepherd RC Primary School (Your chosen school) | Primary | 227 | Sign in to see | |
| Avonmore Primary School London, W14 9LY | Primary | 184 | ||
| St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 London, N11 1NQ | Primary | 207 | ||
| Our Lady of Lourdes RC School London, N12 0JP | Primary | 199 | ||
| Holy Cross and All Saints RC Primary School Manchester, M30 0JA | Primary | 334 | ||
| Cale Green Primary School Stockport, SK3 8JG | Primary | 327 | ||
| Millhouse Primary School Sheffield, S36 9LN | Primary | 110 | ||
| St Lawrence Church of England Primary School Rushden, NN10 9LL | Primary | 126 | ||
| Buglawton Primary School Congleton, CW12 2EL | Primary | 208 | ||
| Willaston CofE Primary School Neston, CH64 2TN | Primary | 214 | ||
| Little Eaton Primary School Derby, DE21 5AB | Primary | 186 | ||
| Sedgefield Primary School Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 2BJ | Primary | 209 | ||
| St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Saffron Walden, CB10 1BQ | Primary | 222 | ||
| Droxford Junior School Southampton, SO32 3QR | Primary | 169 | ||
| Lydlynch Infant School Southampton, SO40 3DW | Primary | 123 | ||
| Brockenhurst Church of England Primary School & Pre-School Brockenhurst, SO42 7RX | Primary | 221 | ||
| Grayshott Church of England Controlled Primary School Hindhead, GU26 6LR | Primary | 215 | ||
| Belbroughton CofE Primary School Stourbridge, DY9 9TF | Primary | 167 | ||
| Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School Tewkesbury, GL20 7LA | Primary | 138 | ||
| George Street Primary School Hemel Hempstead, HP2 5HJ | Primary | 226 | ||
| St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton Preston, PR4 5EB | Primary | 250 | ||
| St Charles' RC School Blackburn, BB1 4HT | Primary | 146 | ||
| Hemsby Primary School Great Yarmouth, NR29 4LH | Primary | 128 | ||
| Holt Community Primary School Holt, NR25 6SG | Primary | 188 | ||
| Walgrave Primary School Northampton, NN6 9PH | Primary | 132 | ||
| St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School Nottingham, NG14 6FG | Primary | 208 | ||
| Shepton Mallet Community Infants' School & Nursery Shepton Mallet, BA4 5HE | Primary | 174 | ||
| St Chad's CofE (VC) First School Wolverhampton, WV6 7AQ | Primary | 110 | ||
| The Orchard Infant School East Molesey, KT8 9HT | Primary | 241 | ||
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindley Green Wigan, WN2 4HD | Primary | 188 | ||