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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravensmead Primary School (Your chosen school) | Primary | 337 | 18.4% | 22.6% | 
| St Laurence Church Junior School Birmingham, B31 2DJ | Primary | 354 | 20.6% | 24.6% | 
| Amblecote Primary School Stourbridge, DY8 4DQ | Primary | 302 | 19.2% | 22.5% | 
| Ashwood Park Primary School Stourbridge, DY8 5DJ | Primary | 299 | 21.8% | 23.4% | 
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School Liverpool, L25 9PA | Primary | 332 | 16.3% | 21.3% | 
| Parklee Community School Wigan, M46 0AR | Primary | 342 | 20.1% | 22.7% | 
| St Nicholas Catholic Primary School Leeds, LS9 6QY | Primary | 316 | 15.8% | 23.4% | 
| Dunston Hill Community Primary School Gateshead, NE11 9NX | Primary | 349 | 18.2% | 23.6% | 
| Winslow Church of England School Buckingham, MK18 3EN | Primary | 356 | 16% | 23.5% | 
| Stenson Fields Primary Community School Derby, DE24 3BW | Primary | 330 | 15.8% | 23% | 
| Coxhoe Primary School Durham, DH6 4EJ | Primary | 315 | 19.1% | 21.6% | 
| Hamble Primary School Southampton, SO31 4ND | Primary | 355 | 17.5% | 22.8% | 
| Denmead Junior School Waterlooville, PO7 6PH | Primary | 336 | 19.1% | 23.8% | 
| Lee-on-the-Solent Junior School Lee-on-the-Solent, PO13 9DL | Primary | 332 | 17.8% | 23.8% | 
| Swan Lane First School Evesham, WR11 4QA | Primary | 292 | 18.5% | 22.3% | 
| Bowmansgreen Primary School St Albans, AL2 1PH | Primary | 335 | 20.3% | 22.1% | 
| Almond Hill Junior School Stevenage, SG1 3RP | Primary | 342 | 14.6% | 22.2% | 
| Aycliffe Drive Primary School Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6LJ | Primary | 326 | 15.9% | 22.8% | 
| Bowmandale Primary School Barton-upon-Humber, DN18 5EE | Primary | 344 | 17.4% | 22.7% | 
| Cobbs Brow School Skelmersdale, WN8 6SU | Primary | 312 | 17.3% | 22.1% | 
| The Latimer Primary School Leicester, LE7 7AW | Primary | 350 | 18% | 24% | 
| Loddon Infant and Nursery School Norwich, NR14 6JX | Primary | 330 | 17.6% | 21.8% | 
| Edgewood Primary and Nursery School Nottingham, NG15 6HX | Primary | 334 | 17.7% | 23.2% | 
| Sonning Common Primary School Reading, RG4 9RJ | Primary | 330 | 14.9% | 21.8% | 
| St Leonard's Church of England Primary School Banbury, OX16 4SB | Primary | 338 | 18.9% | 24% | 
| Newport Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Newport, TF10 7EA | Primary | 319 | 14.7% | 24.5% | 
| The John Bamford Primary School Rugeley, WS15 2PA | Primary | 293 | 19.8% | 22.5% | 
| Blakeley Heath Primary School Wolverhampton, WV5 0JR | Primary | 348 | 19.5% | 20.7% | 
| Earlham Primary School London, N22 5HJ | Primary | 336 | 17.9% | 22.4% | 
| Offmore Primary School KIDDERMINSTER, DY10 3HA | Primary | 355 | 19.8% | 24.4% | 
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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravensmead Primary School (Your chosen school) | Primary | 337 | Sign in to see | |
| Dulwich Village Church of England Infants' School London, SE21 7BU | Primary | 259 | ||
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Dartford, DA1 4DZ | Primary | 212 | ||
| Yorkmead Junior and Infant School Birmingham, B28 8BB | Primary | 444 | ||
| Brook Primary School Stourbridge, DY8 5YN | Primary | 395 | ||
| St Luke's RC Primary School Salford, M6 7WR | Primary | 416 | ||
| Fairfield Road Primary School Manchester, M43 6AF | Primary | 431 | ||
| Toll Bar Primary School Doncaster, DN5 0QR | Primary | 186 | ||
| Holywell Green Primary School Halifax, HX4 9AE | Primary | 142 | ||
| St Anne's Infant School Bristol, BS4 3QJ | Primary | 181 | ||
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School Reading, RG4 5AA | Primary | 156 | ||
| Old Fletton Primary School Peterborough, PE2 9DR | Primary | 426 | ||
| Linton Primary School Swadlincote, DE12 6QA | Primary | 270 | ||
| Decoy Primary School Newton Abbot, TQ12 1DH | Primary | 412 | ||
| Wadhurst CofE Primary School and Nursery Wadhurst, TN5 6SR | Primary | 271 | ||
| Canvey Junior School Canvey Island, SS8 0JG | Primary | 241 | ||
| Petersfield Infant School Petersfield, GU32 3HX | Primary | 303 | ||
| Dewhurst St Mary CofE Primary School Waltham Cross, EN8 9ND | Primary | 207 | ||
| Higham Primary School Rochester, ME3 7JL | Primary | 211 | ||
| Herne Bay Infant School Herne Bay, CT6 5SH | Primary | 266 | ||
| St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury Canterbury, CT1 1NE | Primary | 210 | ||
| Imperial Avenue Infant School Leicester, LE3 1AH | Primary | 305 | ||
| Folville Junior School Leicester, LE3 1EE | Primary | 365 | ||
| Frettenham Primary School Norwich, NR12 7LL | Primary | 195 | ||
| Bedlington West End Primary School Bedlington, NE22 6EB | Primary | 215 | ||
| Northlands Primary School Rugby, CV21 2SS | Primary | 204 | ||
| South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School Pontefract, WF9 3EA | Primary | 180 | ||
| The William Amory Primary School Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9PN | Primary | 189 | ||
| Eglinton Primary School London, SE18 3PY | Primary | 372 | ||
| Kelling CE Primary School Kelling, NR25 7ED | Primary | 132 | ||