St Aidan's Catholic Primary School
        
        
Schools we chose for benchmarking
This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.
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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
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                        St Aidan's Catholic Primary School
                         (Your chosen school)  | 
                    Primary | 212 | 22.7% | 38% | 
| 
                        Morden Primary School
                         Morden, SM4 5PX  | 
                    Primary | 216 | 24% | 38.4% | 
| 
                        Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School
                         Coventry, CV4 9LB  | 
                    Primary | 223 | 23% | 37.4% | 
| 
                        Butts Primary School
                         Walsall, WS4 2AH  | 
                    Primary | 230 | 21.4% | 37.9% | 
| 
                        Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
                         Liverpool, L3 2DU  | 
                    Primary | 209 | 25.6% | 39.7% | 
| 
                        St Clare's Catholic Primary School
                         Liverpool, L15 0DW  | 
                    Primary | 192 | 26% | 38.5% | 
| 
                        Sutton Manor Community Primary School
                         st Helens, WA9 4AT  | 
                    Primary | 211 | 21.3% | 36.4% | 
| 
                        St William of York Catholic Primary School
                         Liverpool, L23 9XH  | 
                    Primary | 231 | 23.6% | 39% | 
| 
                        Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School
                         Bolton, BL1 6QJ  | 
                    Primary | 201 | 22.4% | 36.3% | 
| 
                        St Andrew's CofE Primary School
                         Manchester, M30 0FL  | 
                    Primary | 228 | 21.5% | 38.6% | 
| 
                        St Joseph's RC Primary School
                         Salford, M5 3JP  | 
                    Primary | 224 | 23.7% | 39.3% | 
| 
                        Arlies Primary School
                         Stalybridge, SK15 1HQ  | 
                    Primary | 195 | 26.2% | 36.9% | 
| 
                        St William's Catholic Primary School
                         Wigan, WN2 2DG  | 
                    Primary | 230 | 21.5% | 39.1% | 
| 
                        St Clare's Catholic Primary School
                         Chester, CH4 8HX  | 
                    Primary | 172 | 22.7% | 38.4% | 
| 
                        Brackenbury Primary School
                         Brighton, BN41 2LA  | 
                    Primary | 194 | 24.7% | 38.1% | 
| 
                        Swaythling Primary School
                         Southampton, SO17 3SZ  | 
                    Primary | 209 | 20.6% | 38.8% | 
| 
                        Andover Church of England Primary School
                         Andover, SP10 1EP  | 
                    Primary | 190 | 23.7% | 38.4% | 
| 
                        Castledyke Primary School
                         Barton-upon-Humber, DN18 5AW  | 
                    Primary | 214 | 21.6% | 37.6% | 
| 
                        Ashton Primary School
                         Preston, PR2 1TU  | 
                    Primary | 204 | 19.1% | 38.7% | 
| 
                        Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School
                         Lytham St Annes, FY8 2HQ  | 
                    Primary | 232 | 22.4% | 37.1% | 
| 
                        Trinity Church of England/Methodist School
                         Skelmersdale, WN8 8PW  | 
                    Primary | 230 | 23.1% | 36.4% | 
| 
                        Burnley St Stephen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
                         Burnley, BB11 3EJ  | 
                    Primary | 207 | 25.6% | 39.6% | 
| 
                        St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
                         Morecambe, LA3 2ER  | 
                    Primary | 203 | 21.7% | 39.7% | 
| 
                        Holt Community Primary School
                         Holt, NR25 6SG  | 
                    Primary | 188 | 22.3% | 37.8% | 
| 
                        Silver Tree Primary School and Nursery
                         Durham, DH7 7LF  | 
                    Primary | 198 | 23.9% | 38.8% | 
| 
                        Coniston Primary School
                         Bristol, BS34 5LN  | 
                    Primary | 209 | 24.4% | 38.3% | 
| 
                        St Anne's RC Primary School
                         Manchester, M4 7EQ  | 
                    Primary | 193 | 22.3% | 36.3% | 
| 
                        Brookside Primary School
                         Ellesmere Port, CH66 2EE  | 
                    Primary | 192 | 20.8% | 38.5% | 
| 
                        Cherrywood Community Primary School
                         Farnborough, GU14 8LH  | 
                    Primary | 196 | 21.9% | 38.3% | 
| 
                        Wessington Primary School
                         Washington, NE38 7PY  | 
                    Primary | 227 | 20.5% | 37.7% |