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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                Newtown Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
                                 (Your chosen school)  | 
                            Primary | 365 | 23.3% | 43.8% | 
| 
                                Clapham Manor Primary School
                                 London, SW4 0BZ  | 
                            Primary | 373 | 22.9% | 44.9% | 
| 
                                Kingswood Primary School
                                 London, SE27 9RD  | 
                            Primary | 406 | 25.4% | 43% | 
| 
                                Shaftesbury Park Primary School
                                 London, SW11 5UW  | 
                            Primary | 336 | 21% | 45% | 
| 
                                Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Roehampton
                                 London, SW15 5NX  | 
                            Primary | 381 | 22.4% | 43.2% | 
| 
                                Welbourne Primary School
                                 London, N15 4EA  | 
                            Primary | 393 | 20.8% | 45.5% | 
| 
                                Rednal Hill Junior School
                                 Birmingham, B45 8QY  | 
                            Primary | 335 | 26.3% | 43.3% | 
| 
                                St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
                                 Birmingham, B18 7QW  | 
                            Primary | 360 | 24% | 43.3% | 
| 
                                Wood Green Junior School
                                 Wednesbury, WS10 9BW  | 
                            Primary | 337 | 21.1% | 42.1% | 
| 
                                Whitehall Junior Community School
                                 Walsall, WS1 3JY  | 
                            Primary | 347 | 20.2% | 44.1% | 
| 
                                St Andrew's CofE Primary School
                                 Manchester, M19 2UH  | 
                            Primary | 319 | 23.8% | 42.9% | 
| 
                                The Friars Primary School
                                 Salford, M3 7EU  | 
                            Primary | 395 | 21.3% | 43.7% | 
| 
                                Broomwood Primary School
                                 Altrincham, WA15 7JU  | 
                            Primary | 384 | 25.4% | 42.6% | 
| 
                                Hunslet Carr Primary School
                                 Leeds, LS10 2DN  | 
                            Primary | 369 | 23.7% | 44.7% | 
| 
                                Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
                                 Pontefract, WF7 5BG  | 
                            Primary | 354 | 21.5% | 45.8% | 
| 
                                Arbury Primary School
                                 Cambridge, CB4 2DE  | 
                            Primary | 381 | 19.2% | 42.3% | 
| 
                                Dallimore Primary & Nursery School
                                 Ilkeston, DE7 4GZ  | 
                            Primary | 344 | 24% | 45.3% | 
| 
                                Bevois Town Primary School
                                 Southampton, SO14 6RU  | 
                            Primary | 406 | 26.6% | 42.4% | 
| 
                                Mount Pleasant Juniors
                                 Southampton, SO14 0WZ  | 
                            Primary | 347 | 22.8% | 42.4% | 
| 
                                Herne Bay Junior School
                                 Herne Bay, CT6 5DA  | 
                            Primary | 391 | 17.4% | 45.3% | 
| 
                                Duke Street Primary School
                                 Chorley, PR7 3DU  | 
                            Primary | 319 | 22.6% | 44.2% | 
| 
                                Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School
                                 Scarborough, YO11 3XJ  | 
                            Primary | 337 | 21.2% | 42.7% | 
| 
                                Orchard Fields Community School
                                 Banbury, OX16 0QT  | 
                            Primary | 394 | 25.8% | 41.2% | 
| 
                                Chadsmoor Community Infants and Nursery School
                                 Cannock, WS11 6EU  | 
                            Primary | 379 | 18% | 43.6% | 
| 
                                Roe Farm Primary School
                                 Derby, DE21 4HG  | 
                            Primary | 365 | 19.9% | 45.5% | 
| 
                                Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Battersea
                                 London, SW11 2TD  | 
                            Primary | 379 | 25.9% | 45% | 
| 
                                Hollybush Primary
                                 Leeds, LS13 2JJ  | 
                            Primary | 354 | 26.5% | 43% | 
| 
                                Woodland Community Primary School
                                 Skelmersdale, WN8 6QH  | 
                            Primary | 350 | 22.9% | 46% | 
| 
                                Cadland Primary School
                                 Holbury, SO45 2HW  | 
                            Primary | 372 | 18.6% | 41.7% | 
| 
                                St Thomas CE (VC) Primary School
                                 Huddersfield, HD2 1RQ  | 
                            Primary | 402 | 21.4% | 44.5% | 
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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                Newtown Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
                                 (Your chosen school)  | 
                            Primary | 365 | Sign in to see | |
| 
                                St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
                                 London, SW15 2QD  | 
                            Primary | 154 | ||
| 
                                Worple Primary School
                                 Isleworth, TW7 7DB  | 
                            Primary | 196 | ||
| 
                                St Brigid's Catholic Primary School
                                 Liverpool, L28 7RE  | 
                            Primary | 249 | ||
| 
                                Woodlands Primary School
                                 Birkenhead, CH41 2SY  | 
                            Primary | 323 | ||
| 
                                Mather Street Primary School
                                 Manchester, M35 0DT  | 
                            Primary | 201 | ||
| 
                                Horton Mill Community Primary School
                                 Oldham, OL4 1GL  | 
                            Primary | 229 | ||
| 
                                Green Park School
                                 Newport Pagnell, MK16 0NH  | 
                            Primary | 295 | ||
| 
                                Horrabridge Primary & Nursery School
                                 Yelverton, PL20 7SZ  | 
                            Primary | 183 | ||
| 
                                St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary School
                                 Colchester, CO5 0SU  | 
                            Primary | 265 | ||
| 
                                St Helen's Catholic Infant School
                                 Brentwood, CM15 9BY  | 
                            Primary | 187 | ||
| 
                                The British School
                                 Wotton-under-Edge, GL12 7JU  | 
                            Primary | 173 | ||
| 
                                Bitterne Manor Primary School
                                 Southampton, SO18 1DP  | 
                            Primary | 237 | ||
| 
                                Four Lanes Community Junior School
                                 Basingstoke, RG24 8PQ  | 
                            Primary | 359 | ||
| 
                                Queen's Inclosure Primary School
                                 Waterlooville, PO7 8NT  | 
                            Primary | 415 | ||
| 
                                St Richard's CofE First School
                                 Evesham, WR11 1DU  | 
                            Primary | 309 | ||
| 
                                Dover Park Primary School
                                 Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2BN  | 
                            Primary | 208 | ||
| 
                                Wingham Primary School
                                 Canterbury, CT3 1BD  | 
                            Primary | 202 | ||
| 
                                St Alphege Church of England Infant School
                                 Whitstable, CT5 1DA  | 
                            Primary | 192 | ||
| 
                                Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School
                                 Morecambe, LA3 3RY  | 
                            Primary | 314 | ||
| 
                                Padiham Green Church of England Primary School
                                 Padiham, BB12 7AX  | 
                            Primary | 188 | ||
| 
                                The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
                                 Spalding, PE12 7HG  | 
                            Primary | 316 | ||
| 
                                Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery
                                 Watchet, TA23 0EX  | 
                            Primary | 178 | ||
| 
                                East Preston Infant School
                                 Littlehampton, BN16 1EZ  | 
                            Primary | 236 | ||
| 
                                The Meads Primary School
                                 East Grinstead, RH19 4DD  | 
                            Primary | 289 | ||
| 
                                Harlands Community Primary & Nursery School
                                 Uckfield, TN22 5PW  | 
                            Primary | 248 | ||
| 
                                Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery
                                 Manchester, M29 8DH  | 
                            Primary | 334 | ||
| 
                                Knightwood Primary School
                                 Eastleigh, SO53 4HW  | 
                            Primary | 405 | ||
| 
                                Parkview Primary School
                                 Derby., DE21 2RQ  | 
                            Primary | 216 | ||
| 
                                Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools
                                 Southampton, SO16 8GF  | 
                            Primary | 234 | ||