Thornton 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.

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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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  • 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
Thornton Primary School
(Your chosen school)
Primary 139 30.9% 33.1%
St John's Church of England Primary School
Southport, PR9 8JH
Primary 166 30.1% 30.1%
Rushcroft Primary School
Oldham, OL2 7YL
Primary 169 27.8% 32.5%
St Matthew's CofE Primary School
Manchester, M32 9AN
Primary 151 29.4% 32.7%
Chowbent Primary School
Manchester, M46 9FP
Primary 142 25.4% 32.4%
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley
Wigan, WN2 3DG
Primary 192 26% 33.9%
Waterthorpe Infant School
Sheffield, S20 7JU
Primary 139 27.7% 33.8%
Mill Lane Primary School
Batley, WF17 6EG
Primary 159 30.8% 30.8%
Upton Westlea Primary School
Chester, CH2 1QJ
Primary 157 27.6% 30.1%
St Theresa's Catholic Primary School
Chester, CH1 5UU
Primary 172 25.1% 31.8%
Killamarsh Junior School
Sheffield, S21 2EA
Primary 135 31.1% 35.6%
Larklands Infant School
Ilkeston, DE7 5DR
Primary 145 31.2% 30.5%
Oakley Cross Primary School and Nursery
Bishop Auckland, DL14 9UD
Primary 142 30.5% 35.1%
Sherburn Primary School
Durham, DH6 1DU
Primary 176 26.1% 32.8%
Middle Street Primary School
Brighton, BN1 1AL
Primary 192 31.8% 32.3%
Vange Primary School and Nursery
Basildon, SS16 4QA
Primary 105 32.4% 33.3%
Broadlands Primary School
Hereford, HR1 1HY
Primary 159 31.5% 30.9%
Margaret Wix Primary School
St Albans, AL3 6EL
Primary 145 33.1% 33.8%
Meadowhead Community Infant School and Nursery
BLACKBURN, BB2 4TT
Primary 147 38.8% 35%
Pool House Community Primary School
Preston, PR2 7BX
Primary 179 25.1% 34.1%
Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Blackburn, BB6 7QA
Primary 174 27% 30.5%
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School
Accrington, BB5 4DN
Primary 191 27.8% 35.6%
St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood
Great Harwood, BB6 7JQ
Primary 145 23.5% 31.7%
Woodcote Primary School
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, LE65 1JX
Primary 124 30.7% 35.5%
St Bartholomews CofE Primary School
Spalding, PE11 3QJ
Primary 89 30.3% 33.7%
Stickney Church of England Primary School
Boston, PE22 8AX
Primary 145 27.1% 31.3%
Spittal Community School
Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 1RD
Primary 106 29.3% 32.1%
Seghill First School
Cramlington, NE23 7SB
Primary 109 32.1% 32.1%
St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton, OX7 5DH
Primary 181 32.6% 33.1%
St Paul's Primary School
Chippenham, SN15 1DU
Primary 160 28.1% 35%