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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursfield Primary School (Your chosen school) | Primary | 280 | 11.8% | 8.2% | 
| Crosshall Infant School Academy Trust St Neots, PE19 7GG | Primary | 287 | 12.9% | 7% | 
| Mount Hawke Academy Truro, TR4 8BA | Primary | 282 | 13.1% | 9.2% | 
| Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School Orpington, BR6 8ER | Primary | 284 | 11.1% | 7.8% | 
| Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy Sunderland, SR3 2RE | Primary | 298 | 13.5% | 8.9% | 
| Fleetville Infant and Nursery School St Albans, AL1 4LX | Primary | 295 | 10.1% | 6.5% | 
| Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy Wakefield, WF4 3HY | Primary | 311 | 11.6% | 9% | 
| Christ Church Church of England Primary School Bristol, BS8 3AW | Primary | 312 | 13.1% | 8.7% | 
| Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James Solihull, B90 2BT | Primary | 242 | 11.6% | 8.3% | 
| Braywick Court School Maidenhead, SL6 1UU | Primary | 254 | 11.8% | 8.4% | 
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First School Redditch, B97 5RR | Primary | 298 | 12.8% | 9.1% | 
| Rise Park Infant School Romford, RM1 4UD | Primary | 294 | 11% | 9.3% | 
| Holy Innocents Catholic Primary School Orpington, BR6 9JT | Primary | 254 | 12.1% | 6.4% | 
| Ermine Street Church Academy Alconbury Weald, PE28 4XG | Primary | 284 | 11.6% | 8.1% | 
| Haworth Primary School Keighley, BD22 8DW | Primary | 290 | 14% | 8.9% | 
| Meir Heath Academy Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 7JQ | Primary | 313 | 9.6% | 6.7% | 
| Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary Academy Stafford, ST21 6AU | Primary | 255 | 12.9% | 10.6% | 
| Stamford Bridge Primary School York, YO41 1BP | Primary | 304 | 10.4% | 7.9% | 
| Perryfields Junior School Chelmsford, CM1 7PP | Primary | 301 | 13% | 9.6% | 
| Picknalls First School Uttoxeter, ST14 7QL | Primary | 291 | 15.8% | 9.2% | 
| Solent Infant School Portsmouth, PO6 1DH | Primary | 269 | 9.7% | 8.6% | 
| Bournes Green Junior School Southend-on-Sea, SS1 3PX | Primary | 264 | 9.9% | 8.7% | 
| Princefield First School Stafford, ST19 5EP | Primary | 261 | 12.6% | 6.9% | 
| Woodfield Infant School & Nursery Shrewsbury, SY3 8LU | Primary | 288 | 12.2% | 8.4% | 
| Kilnwood Vale Primary School Horsham, RH12 0BZ | Primary | 283 | 13.7% | 10.2% | 
| Westvale Park Primary Academy Horley, RH6 8SU | Primary | 266 | 12.7% | 7.8% | 
| Disley Primary School Stockport, SK12 2BD | Primary | 279 | 8.6% | 7.2% | 
| Church of the Ascension CofE Primary School Kingswinford, DY6 9AH | Primary | 304 | 10.2% | 5.9% | 
| St Martins Church of England Infant School Epsom, KT18 7AA | Primary | 268 | 9.3% | 9% | 
| Ardleigh Green Infant School Hornchurch, RM11 2SP | Primary | 270 | 8.5% | 8.5% | 
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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursfield Primary School (Your chosen school) | Primary | 280 | Sign in to see | |
| New Waltham Academy Grimsby, DN36 4NH | Primary | 366 | ||
| Ellacombe Church of England  Academy Torquay, TQ1 1TG | Primary | 366 | ||
| Holy Cross School A Catholic Voluntary Academy Coalville, LE67 5AT | Primary | 138 | ||
| St Giles Catholic Primary School Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 1ED | Primary | 213 | ||
| Christ Church CofE Primary School Cheltenham, GL50 2NR | Primary | 220 | ||
| Frederick Nattrass Primary Academy Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 1BZ | Primary | 203 | ||
| Harden Primary School Bingley, BD16 1LJ | Primary | 213 | ||
| The Horsell Village School Woking, GU21 4QQ | Primary | 268 | ||
| Cherry Tree Academy Trust Marham Junior King's Lynn, PE33 9JJ | Primary | 186 | ||
| Brookwood Primary School Woking, GU24 0HF | Primary | 162 | ||
| Greenways Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent, ST9 9NY | Primary | 230 | ||
| Berkeley Primary School Berkeley, GL13 9AZ | Primary | 223 | ||
| St Peter's CofE Primary School Cleethorpes, DN35 8LW | Primary | 172 | ||
| St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge Stalybridge, SK15 2PT | Primary | 215 | ||
| Oldfield Park Infant School Bath, BA2 3RF | Primary | 177 | ||
| Ramsey Spinning Infant School Huntingdon, PE26 1AD | Primary | 208 | ||
| Fitzwilliam Primary School Pontefract, WF9 5BA | Primary | 218 | ||
| Merstham Primary School Redhill, RH1 3AZ | Primary | 203 | ||
| Burtonwood Community Primary School Warrington, WA5 4AQ | Primary | 207 | ||
| St John's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe Bury, M26 1AW | Primary | 208 | ||
| Tupton Primary and Nursery Academy Chesterfield, S42 6DY | Primary | 229 | ||
| The St Teresa Catholic Primary School Dagenham, RM8 2XJ | Primary | 220 | ||
| Blowers Green Primary School Dudley, DY2 8UZ | Primary | 232 | ||
| Clewer Green CofE First School Windsor, SL4 3RL | Primary | 254 | ||
| Watton Junior School Thetford, IP25 6AL | Primary | 284 | ||
| Uphill Village Academy Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 4XH | Primary | 316 | ||
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School London, SW3 2QT | Primary | 225 | ||
| Whytemead Primary School Worthing, BN14 8LH | Primary | 222 | ||
| Holy Trinity Church of England Infant and Nursery Ripon, HG4 2AL | Primary | 155 | ||