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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edenfield Church of England Primary School (Your chosen school) | Primary | 199 | 11.6% | 8.5% | 
| St Mary's CofE Primary School London, SW15 1BA | Primary | 190 | 12.7% | 9.1% | 
| Cranmore Infant School Solihull, B90 4SA | Primary | 192 | 11.1% | 8.2% | 
| St John Bosco Catholic Primary School Liverpool, L31 8BW | Primary | 210 | 9.1% | 8.1% | 
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over Hulton Bolton, BL5 1EN | Primary | 203 | 10.8% | 8.4% | 
| Diggle School Oldham, OL3 5PU | Primary | 179 | 11.2% | 8.9% | 
| Buckstones Primary School Oldham, OL2 8HN | Primary | 210 | 13.8% | 8.1% | 
| St John's Church of England Primary School Stockport, SK4 3DG | Primary | 200 | 13.5% | 8% | 
| Templemoor Infant and Nursery School Sale, M33 2EG | Primary | 195 | 10.3% | 8.2% | 
| Wellfield Infant and Nursery School Sale, M33 5QW | Primary | 212 | 12.7% | 8% | 
| St Michael's CofE Primary School, Sunninghill Ascot, SL5 7AD | Primary | 198 | 10.1% | 9.1% | 
| Helsby Hillside Primary School Frodsham, WA6 9LN | Primary | 197 | 9.1% | 8.6% | 
| Mobberley CofE Primary School Knutsford, WA16 7RA | Primary | 191 | 12.6% | 7.9% | 
| Lower Peover CofE Primary School Knutsford, WA16 9PZ | Primary | 210 | 11.4% | 8.6% | 
| Grange CofE Primary School Grange-over-Sands, LA11 7JF | Primary | 184 | 10.5% | 8.4% | 
| Pennington CofE School Ulverston, LA12 0RR | Primary | 202 | 11.4% | 9.4% | 
| Shincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary School Durham, DH1 2PN | Primary | 196 | 11.2% | 7.7% | 
| Boxted St Peter's Church of England School Colchester, CO4 5YN | Primary | 206 | 10.2% | 8.3% | 
| Downham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Billericay, CM11 1NU | Primary | 191 | 11% | 7.9% | 
| Oakwood Infant School Hook, RG27 8DY | Primary | 206 | 12.1% | 8.3% | 
| Pope Paul Catholic Primary School Potters Bar, EN6 2ES | Primary | 211 | 11.9% | 8.1% | 
| Newchurch Primary School Sandown, PO36 0NL | Primary | 213 | 11.3% | 8% | 
| Eccleston Primary School Chorley, PR7 5RA | Primary | 208 | 13% | 9.1% | 
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Lytham St Annes, FY8 1LB | Primary | 210 | 11.4% | 7.6% | 
| Baston CE Primary School Peterborough, PE6 9PB | Primary | 184 | 10.9% | 8.7% | 
| Overstone Primary School Northampton, NN6 0AG | Primary | 207 | 12.1% | 8.7% | 
| Bramcote CofE Primary School Nottingham, NG9 3HE | Primary | 196 | 10.7% | 9.2% | 
| Birchwood Primary School Ipswich, IP5 3SP | Primary | 206 | 12.6% | 8.7% | 
| Cubbington CofE Primary School Leamington Spa, CV32 7JY | Primary | 209 | 12% | 9.1% | 
| Chancellor Park Primary School, Chelmsford Chelmsford, CM2 6PT | Primary | 210 | 12.4% | 9% | 
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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edenfield Church of England Primary School (Your chosen school) | Primary | 199 | Sign in to see | |
| Chingford CofE Primary School London, E4 7EY | Primary | 418 | ||
| Stansfield Hall Church of England / Methodist Church Primary School Littleborough, OL15 9PR | Primary | 103 | ||
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Littleborough, OL15 9DB | Primary | 199 | ||
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Primary School Doncaster, DN5 0RP | Primary | 124 | ||
| St Paul's CofE Primary School Bradford, BD6 1ST | Primary | 199 | ||
| Chalfont St Giles Infant School and Nursery Chalfont St Giles, HP8 4JJ | Primary | 180 | ||
| Saighton Church of England Primary School & Pre-School Chester, CH3 6EG | Primary | 108 | ||
| St Mary's CofE Primary School, Penzance Penzance, TR18 4HP | Primary | 139 | ||
| St Michael's Nursery and Infant School Workington, CA14 2UY | Primary | 100 | ||
| Monkwray Junior School Whitehaven, CA28 9DT | Primary | 116 | ||
| Chapel Street Infants and Nursery School Dalton-in-Furness, LA15 8RX | Primary | 85 | ||
| Roose School Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 0HF | Primary | 198 | ||
| High Hesket CofE School Carlisle, CA4 0HU | Primary | 136 | ||
| Bridekirk Dovenby CofE Primary School Cockermouth, CA13 0PG | Primary | 132 | ||
| St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School Whitehaven, CA28 7PZ | Primary | 119 | ||
| Shap Endowed CofE Primary School Penrith, CA10 3NL | Primary | 84 | ||
| Rosegrove Infant School Burnley, BB12 6HW | Primary | 138 | ||
| Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary School Ormskirk, L40 4AE | Primary | 147 | ||
| Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School Accrington, BB5 1DW | Primary | 190 | ||
| Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary School Accrington, BB5 3DD | Primary | 147 | ||
| St John's Stonefold CofE Primary School Accrington, BB5 2SW | Primary | 116 | ||
| Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Leyland, PR26 9AH | Primary | 107 | ||
| Great Eccleston Copp CofE Primary School Preston, PR3 0ZN | Primary | 168 | ||
| Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School Leyland, PR26 6PR | Primary | 191 | ||
| The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster Lancaster, LA1 3BT | Primary | 202 | ||
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington Wigan, WN6 9RE | Primary | 79 | ||
| Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth Rochdale, OL12 8DB | Primary | 204 | ||
| The St Gilbert of Sempringham Church of England Primary School, Pointon Sleaford, NG34 0NA | Primary | 68 | ||
| Underwood Church of England Primary School Nottingham, NG16 5GN | Primary | 165 | ||