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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's CofE Primary School (Your chosen school) | Primary | 401 | 16.5% | 9.2% | 
| Oreston Community Academy Plymouth, PL9 7JY | Primary | 419 | 14.3% | 9.8% | 
| Holmer CofE Academy Hereford, HR4 9RX | Primary | 412 | 14.6% | 9.7% | 
| Chepping View Primary Academy High Wycombe, HP12 4PR | Primary | 426 | 16% | 9.9% | 
| St Paul's CofE Primary School Hereford, HR1 1UX | Primary | 421 | 17.8% | 8.3% | 
| Lime Tree Primary School Merstham, RH1 3LH | Primary | 428 | 16.7% | 9.2% | 
| Malmesbury Church of England Primary School Malmesbury, SN16 9JR | Primary | 418 | 15.8% | 11% | 
| St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy Exeter, EX1 2SN | Primary | 416 | 16.6% | 7.5% | 
| Kirby Muxloe Primary School Leicester, LE9 2AA | Primary | 404 | 15.1% | 9.4% | 
| Woodville Primary School Chelmsford, CM3 5SE | Primary | 416 | 15.6% | 9.6% | 
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Poole Poole, BH15 3QQ | Primary | 404 | 16.4% | 10.7% | 
| Halsford Park Primary School East Grinstead, RH19 1LR | Primary | 414 | 15.7% | 9.2% | 
| Meadowbrook Primary School Bristol, BS32 8TA | Primary | 387 | 13.2% | 10.9% | 
| Huntington Primary Academy York, YO32 9QT | Primary | 385 | 17.9% | 8.1% | 
| St Mark's Church of England Primary School Bournemouth, BH10 4JA | Primary | 414 | 16.4% | 11.6% | 
| Hillside Avenue Primary and Nursery School, Thorpe Norwich, NR7 0QW | Primary | 387 | 14.3% | 8.6% | 
| Pomphlett Primary School Plymouth, PL9 7ES | Primary | 424 | 17% | 12% | 
| St Francis CofE Primary School Falmouth, TR11 4SU | Primary | 419 | 15.8% | 9.3% | 
| Ivy Lane Primary School Chippenham, SN15 1HE | Primary | 432 | 16.8% | 11.1% | 
| St Anne's Church Academy Weston Super Mare, BS24 6RT | Primary | 385 | 14.3% | 11.7% | 
| Oughtibridge Primary School Sheffield, S35 0HG | Primary | 413 | 15.3% | 9.2% | 
| Willow Primary School Doncaster, DN4 7EZ | Primary | 404 | 15.8% | 8.4% | 
| Lytchett Matravers Primary School Poole, BH16 6DY | Primary | 432 | 16% | 9.7% | 
| Orton Wistow Primary School Peterborough, PE2 6GF | Primary | 396 | 15.7% | 9.8% | 
| Catherine Wayte Primary School Swindon, SN25 4TA | Primary | 385 | 15.3% | 11.2% | 
| St Polycarp's Catholic Primary School Farnham, GU9 8BQ | Primary | 415 | 15.9% | 9.2% | 
| Orchid Vale Primary School Swindon, SN25 1UG | Primary | 398 | 13.3% | 7.4% | 
| St Peter's Bratton Church of England Academy Telford, TF5 0NT | Primary | 414 | 15.7% | 9.7% | 
| St Nicolas & St Mary CofE Primary School Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6PE | Primary | 393 | 15.5% | 10.7% | 
| Desford Community Primary School Leicester, LE9 9JH | Primary | 384 | 14.6% | 9.9% | 
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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's CofE Primary School (Your chosen school) | Primary | 401 | Sign in to see | |
| St Bede Academy Bolton, BL3 3LJ | Primary | 641 | ||
| Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park London, N17 9XT | Primary | 452 | ||
| Eaton Park Academy Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 9PF | Primary | 468 | ||
| Hasting Hill Academy Sunderland, SR3 4LY | Primary | 212 | ||
| Dilkes Academy South Ockendon, RM15 5JQ | Primary | 528 | ||
| Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone Folkestone, CT20 1DJ | Primary | 426 | ||
| Gray's Farm Primary Academy Orpington, BR5 3AD | Primary | 427 | ||
| Beechwood Junior School Southampton, SO18 4EG | Primary | 360 | ||
| Great Missenden CofE Combined School Great Missenden, HP16 0AZ | Primary | 401 | ||
| Green Meadow Primary School Birmingham, B29 4EE | Primary | 411 | ||
| Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy Blackpool, FY4 4DJ | Primary | 494 | ||
| Beccles Primary Academy Beccles, NR34 7AB | Primary | 173 | ||
| Hempstalls Primary School Newcastle, ST5 9LH | Primary | 422 | ||
| Oakworth Primary School Keighley, BD22 7HX | Primary | 422 | ||
| Sulivan Primary School London, SW6 3BN | Primary | 175 | ||
| New Marston Primary School Oxford, OX3 0AY | Primary | 265 | ||
| Somers Heath Primary School South Ockendon, RM15 5LX | Primary | 451 | ||
| Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School Nottingham, NG8 3PL | Primary | 442 | ||
| Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery Harlow, CM20 2LS | Primary | 443 | ||
| Thanet Primary School Hull, HU9 4AY | Primary | 402 | ||
| Rockingham Junior and Infant School Rotherham, S61 4HY | Primary | 299 | ||
| Saint Francis Catholic Primary School Melton Mowbray, LE13 0BP | Primary | 200 | ||
| Rose Hill Primary School Oxford, OX4 4SF | Primary | 281 | ||
| Southfield Primary Academy Luton, LU4 0PE | Primary | 400 | ||
| Busill Jones Primary School Walsall, WS3 2QF | Primary | 253 | ||
| Belmont Academy Erith, DA8 1LE | Primary | 425 | ||
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Walker Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 4HQ | Primary | 238 | ||
| St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School Haywards Heath, RH16 3NL | Primary | 408 | ||
| Menston Primary School Ilkley, LS29 6NY | Primary | 404 | ||