This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.

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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:

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  • 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
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Pupils with special educational needs Pupils eligible for free school meals
St Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Aided Primary School, Brentwood
(Your chosen school)
Primary 523 19.7% 22.4%
Rathfern Primary School
London, SE6 4NL
Primary 488 17.5% 20.9%
Beam Primary School
Dagenham, RM10 9ED
Primary 568 21.1% 21.3%
Kingsbury Green Primary School
London, NW9 9ND
Primary 561 21.8% 22.2%
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School
London, NW10 9LS
Primary 474 22.1% 22.7%
William Torbitt Primary School
Ilford, IG2 7SS
Primary 492 14.6% 22.8%
Moseley Primary School
Coventry, CV6 1AB
Primary 545 17.2% 22.6%
St Paul's Catholic Junior School
Liverpool, L12 8SJ
Primary 500 20% 22.6%
Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School
Mirfield, WF14 0BE
Primary 516 19% 24.2%
Moor Allerton Hall Primary School
Select, LS17 6QP
Primary 568 18.5% 23.2%
Stopsley Community Primary School
Luton, LU2 7UG
Primary 449 22.2% 23.5%
Parklea Primary School
Luton, LU3 3EW
Primary 548 13.5% 22.6%
Foxdell Primary School
Luton, LU1 1TG
Primary 553 15.7% 25.5%
Calcot Junior School
Reading, RG31 4XG
Primary 472 19.3% 21.2%
Cottenham Primary School
Cambridge, CB24 8TA
Primary 480 15.8% 19.2%
Waterbeach Community Primary School
Cambridge, CB25 9JU
Primary 527 13.9% 20.7%
Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School
Cambridge, CB23 7RE
Primary 570 17.5% 19.6%
Fourfields Community Primary School
Peterborough, PE7 3ZT
Primary 449 19.8% 20.5%
Stanway Fiveways Primary School
Colchester, CO3 0QG
Primary 513 12.9% 21.2%
Wickford Primary School
Wickford, SS12 0AG
Primary 509 14.3% 20.6%
St Philip Howard Catholic Primary School
Hatfield, AL10 8NN
Primary 455 20.6% 22.1%
Hornsea Community Primary School
Hornsea, HU18 1PB
Primary 475 21.7% 22.1%
Catherine Junior School
Leicester, LE4 6AZ
Primary 474 15% 23.2%
Coleman Primary School
Leicester, LE5 5FS
Primary 526 14.5% 23%
Old Catton CofE VC Junior School
Norwich, NR6 7DS
Primary 541 17.7% 19.8%
Norton Community Primary School
Malton, YO17 9BG
Primary 560 12.8% 21.8%
Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base
Dagenham, RM10 8DF
Primary 586 17.3% 23.4%
Chapel-en-le-Frith CofE VC Primary School
High Peak, SK23 0NL
Primary 490 24.5% 23.2%
Seely Primary School
Nottingham, NG5 3AE
Primary 527 20.6% 22.9%
Springwell School
Hounslow, TW5 9EF
Primary 496 18% 21.4%