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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School
                                 (Your chosen school)  | 
                            Primary | 407 | 17% | 23.8% | 
| 
                                Montbelle Primary School
                                 London, SE9 3EY  | 
                            Primary | 391 | 18% | 21.8% | 
| 
                                Wendell Park Primary School
                                 London, W12 9LB  | 
                            Primary | 396 | 17.9% | 24.2% | 
| 
                                Marlborough Primary School
                                 London, SW3 3AP  | 
                            Primary | 443 | 19.8% | 24.3% | 
| 
                                Adamsrill Primary School
                                 London, SE26 4AQ  | 
                            Primary | 399 | 18.7% | 24.6% | 
| 
                                Henry Green Primary School
                                 Dagenham, RM8 1UR  | 
                            Primary | 441 | 16.7% | 22.9% | 
| 
                                North Primary School
                                 Southall, UB1 2JE  | 
                            Primary | 387 | 16.5% | 23.5% | 
| 
                                Coppice Primary School
                                 Chigwell, IG7 4AL  | 
                            Primary | 433 | 16.6% | 22.2% | 
| 
                                John Bramston Primary School
                                 Hainault, IG6 3EE  | 
                            Primary | 431 | 16.7% | 24.2% | 
| 
                                St Mary's Church of England Primary School
                                 Birmingham, B29 6NU  | 
                            Primary | 413 | 19.1% | 24.9% | 
| 
                                Sherdley Primary School
                                 St Helens, WA9 4HA  | 
                            Primary | 414 | 17.1% | 24.9% | 
| 
                                Highfield Primary School
                                 Bolton, BL4 0AP  | 
                            Primary | 417 | 14.6% | 24.5% | 
| 
                                Gorse Hall Primary and Nursery School
                                 Stalybridge, SK15 2DP  | 
                            Primary | 403 | 17.2% | 22.7% | 
| 
                                Poplars Farm Primary School
                                 Bradford, BD2 1LQ  | 
                            Primary | 430 | 16.6% | 24.7% | 
| 
                                Ravensworth Terrace Primary School
                                 Chester le Street, DH3 1AY  | 
                            Primary | 382 | 17.8% | 22.8% | 
| 
                                Bernard Gilpin Primary School
                                 Houghton le Spring, DH5 8DA  | 
                            Primary | 422 | 16.8% | 22.5% | 
| 
                                Eye CofE Primary School
                                 Peterborough, PE6 7TD  | 
                            Primary | 423 | 16.1% | 22.7% | 
| 
                                All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary School
                                 Peterborough, PE1 3PW  | 
                            Primary | 420 | 18.6% | 24% | 
| 
                                Holland Haven Primary School
                                 Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 5PP  | 
                            Primary | 415 | 17.6% | 24.3% | 
| 
                                Bitterne Church of England Primary School
                                 Southampton, SO19 7BX  | 
                            Primary | 410 | 18.3% | 24.6% | 
| 
                                St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
                                 Southampton, SO19 2JE  | 
                            Primary | 421 | 14% | 24.5% | 
| 
                                South Hill Primary School
                                 Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1TT  | 
                            Primary | 417 | 16.6% | 24.9% | 
| 
                                Burleigh Primary School
                                 Waltham Cross, EN8 9DP  | 
                            Primary | 415 | 18.8% | 23.4% | 
| 
                                Davington Primary School
                                 Faversham, ME13 7EQ  | 
                            Primary | 416 | 20% | 22.8% | 
| 
                                Painters Ash Primary School
                                 Gravesend, DA11 8EL  | 
                            Primary | 397 | 19.1% | 24.2% | 
| 
                                Falcon Junior School
                                 Norwich, NR7 8NT  | 
                            Primary | 414 | 19.1% | 22.5% | 
| 
                                St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School
                                 Hoddesdon, EN11 8HT  | 
                            Primary | 381 | 18.4% | 24.7% | 
| 
                                Broughton Fields Primary School
                                 Milton Keynes, MK10 9LS  | 
                            Primary | 409 | 16.9% | 24.2% | 
| 
                                North Harringay Primary School
                                 London, N8 0NU  | 
                            Primary | 396 | 20.6% | 22.3% | 
| 
                                Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary School
                                 Wakefield, WF4 5BE  | 
                            Primary | 401 | 15.4% | 25.1% | 
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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School
                                 (Your chosen school)  | 
                            Primary | 407 | Sign in to see | |
| 
                                Benthal Primary School
                                 London, N16 7AU  | 
                            Primary | 251 | ||
| 
                                Granton Primary School
                                 London, SW16 5AN  | 
                            Primary | 651 | ||
| 
                                Telferscot Primary School
                                 London, SW12 0HW  | 
                            Primary | 411 | ||
| 
                                Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Roehampton
                                 London, SW15 5NX  | 
                            Primary | 381 | ||
| 
                                Beaconsfield Primary and Nursery School
                                 Southall, UB1 1DR  | 
                            Primary | 443 | ||
| 
                                Clifton Primary School
                                 Southall, UB2 5QP  | 
                            Primary | 401 | ||
| 
                                St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
                                 Edmonton, N9 7HJ  | 
                            Primary | 393 | ||
| 
                                Roxeth Primary School
                                 Harrow, HA2 0JA  | 
                            Primary | 405 | ||
| 
                                King Athelstan Primary School
                                 Kingston upon Thames, KT1 3AR  | 
                            Primary | 406 | ||
| 
                                St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School
                                 MITCHAM, CR4 4LA  | 
                            Primary | 241 | ||
| 
                                St Mary's Catholic Primary School
                                 London, SW19 1QL  | 
                            Primary | 427 | ||
| 
                                Chadwell Primary School
                                 Romford, RM6 4EU  | 
                            Primary | 649 | ||
| 
                                St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
                                 Ilford, IG2 6RG  | 
                            Primary | 437 | ||
| 
                                St Laurence's Catholic Primary School
                                 Liverpool, L32 9QX  | 
                            Primary | 368 | ||
| 
                                St Thomas of Canterbury RC School
                                 Bolton, BL1 5LH  | 
                            Primary | 415 | ||
| 
                                St Clare's RC Primary School
                                 Manchester, M9 0RR  | 
                            Primary | 432 | ||
| 
                                Hawksworth Wood Primary School
                                 Leeds, LS5 3QE  | 
                            Primary | 315 | ||
| 
                                St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
                                 Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 0FB  | 
                            Primary | 323 | ||
| 
                                Belmont Primary School
                                 DE11 8JZ  | 
                            Primary | 415 | ||
| 
                                Tavistock Primary & Nursery School
                                 Tavistock, PL19 8BX  | 
                            Primary | 345 | ||
| 
                                Burnopfield Primary School
                                 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE16 6PT  | 
                            Primary | 354 | ||
| 
                                St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School
                                 Fareham, PO14 4NH  | 
                            Primary | 371 | ||
| 
                                Kirk Ella St Andrew's Community Primary School
                                 Hull, HU10 7QL  | 
                            Primary | 416 | ||
| 
                                Duke Street Primary School
                                 Chorley, PR7 3DU  | 
                            Primary | 319 | ||
| 
                                Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School
                                 Burton-upon-Trent, DE14 2LU  | 
                            Primary | 343 | ||
| 
                                St Margaret's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School
                                 Warrington, WA2 9AD  | 
                            Primary | 442 | ||
| 
                                Oakthorpe Primary School
                                 London, N13 6BY  | 
                            Primary | 454 | ||
| 
                                Parkhill Infants' School
                                 Ilford, IG5 0DB  | 
                            Primary | 376 | ||
| 
                                Pinehurst Primary School
                                 Liverpool, L4 7UF  | 
                            Primary | 423 | ||