Buckshaw 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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                        Buckshaw Primary School
                         (Your chosen school)  | 
                    Primary | 226 | 20.9% | 36% | 
| 
                        St Anne's Catholic Primary School
                         London, SE11 5JA  | 
                    Primary | 207 | 23.1% | 36.5% | 
| 
                        St Paul's CofE Primary School
                         Brentford, TW8 0PN  | 
                    Primary | 238 | 19.3% | 35.2% | 
| 
                        Radleys Primary School
                         Walsall, WS4 1JJ  | 
                    Primary | 225 | 18.9% | 35.1% | 
| 
                        St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall
                         Walsall, WS2 8HN  | 
                    Primary | 210 | 20.5% | 35% | 
| 
                        St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston
                         Wednesbury, WS10 8HN  | 
                    Primary | 229 | 21.8% | 36.6% | 
| 
                        St Aidan's Catholic Primary School
                         Liverpool, L36 7XR  | 
                    Primary | 212 | 22.7% | 38% | 
| 
                        St Mark's Catholic Primary School
                         Liverpool, L26 0XR  | 
                    Primary | 219 | 21.2% | 35.8% | 
| 
                        Pleasant Street Primary School
                         Liverpool, L3 5TS  | 
                    Primary | 229 | 24.3% | 35.6% | 
| 
                        Sutton Manor Community Primary School
                         st Helens, WA9 4AT  | 
                    Primary | 211 | 21.3% | 36.4% | 
| 
                        Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School
                         Bolton, BL1 6QJ  | 
                    Primary | 201 | 22.4% | 36.3% | 
| 
                        Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School
                         Leeds, LS5 3JD  | 
                    Primary | 205 | 22.9% | 35.6% | 
| 
                        Caedmon Community Primary School
                         Gateshead, NE8 4LH  | 
                    Primary | 227 | 22.2% | 36.8% | 
| 
                        Norwood Primary School
                         Peterborough, PE4 7DZ  | 
                    Primary | 208 | 19.2% | 36.5% | 
| 
                        St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
                         Widnes, WA8 0BW  | 
                    Primary | 204 | 20.6% | 34.3% | 
| 
                        The Park Junior School
                         Mansfield, NG20 8JX  | 
                    Primary | 257 | 21.4% | 35.4% | 
| 
                        St Andrew's CofE Junior School
                         Glossop, SK13 2DR  | 
                    Primary | 205 | 23.4% | 36.6% | 
| 
                        St Mary's Catholic Primary School
                         Gosport, PO12 3NB  | 
                    Primary | 209 | 19.6% | 34.9% | 
| 
                        Canterbury Road Primary School
                         Sittingbourne, ME10 4SE  | 
                    Primary | 208 | 21.6% | 35.6% | 
| 
                        Cranbrook Church of England Primary School
                         Cranbrook, TN17 3JZ  | 
                    Primary | 207 | 22.2% | 36.7% | 
| 
                        Ospringe Church of England Primary School
                         Faversham, ME13 8TX  | 
                    Primary | 208 | 21.2% | 35.1% | 
| 
                        Great Harwood Primary School
                         Blackburn, BB6 7JQ  | 
                    Primary | 192 | 18.7% | 36.4% | 
| 
                        Whittlefield Primary School
                         Burnley, BB12 0HL  | 
                    Primary | 206 | 16.5% | 36.9% | 
| 
                        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% | 
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                        Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School
                         Bacup, OL13 0QW  | 
                    Primary | 233 | 20.2% | 34.3% | 
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                        St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston
                         Preston, PR2 6SJ  | 
                    Primary | 208 | 24.8% | 35.5% | 
| 
                        St Anne's RC Primary School
                         Manchester, M4 7EQ  | 
                    Primary | 193 | 22.3% | 36.3% | 
| 
                        Swinemoor Primary School
                         Beverley, HU17 9LW  | 
                    Primary | 220 | 21.8% | 34.5% | 
| 
                        Queensbridge Primary School
                         Bolton, BL4 7BL  | 
                    Primary | 238 | 21% | 35% |