Lower Farm Academy
        
        
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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Farm Academy (Your chosen school) | Primary | 278 | 7.4% | 19.1% | 
| Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School Nottingham, NG11 9BH | Primary | 247 | 10.4% | 18.1% | 
| Washingborough Academy Lincoln, LN4 1BW | Primary | 260 | 11.8% | 20.3% | 
| Seal Primary Academy Selsey, PO20 0BN | Primary | 310 | 11% | 19% | 
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School Swindon, SN3 2PT | Primary | 311 | 10.6% | 18.6% | 
| Bourne Elsea Park Church of England Primary Academy Bourne, PE10 0WP | Primary | 271 | 10.3% | 17% | 
| Wygate Park Academy Spalding, PE11 3WT | Primary | 282 | 9.9% | 16.7% | 
| Darton Primary School Barnsley South, S75 5AD | Primary | 287 | 11.6% | 18.5% | 
| St Clement's CofE Primary Worcester, WR2 5NS | Primary | 253 | 12.1% | 17% | 
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary School Smethwick, B67 5HX | Primary | 255 | 9.6% | 16.9% | 
| St Brendan's Catholic Primary School Corby, NN18 0AZ | Primary | 306 | 8.2% | 20.3% | 
| The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School Northampton, NN2 7BH | Primary | 279 | 7.2% | 21.6% | 
| Bruche Primary School Academy Warrington, WA1 3TT | Primary | 246 | 10.3% | 18.2% | 
| Bishops Itchington Primary School Southam, CV47 2RN | Primary | 236 | 10.6% | 16.5% | 
| Parklands Educate Together Primary Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 7NH | Primary | 305 | 9.7% | 18.2% | 
| Windmill Hill Primary School Sheffield, S35 1ZD | Primary | 305 | 10.5% | 21.3% | 
| Bottisham Community Primary School Cambridge, CB25 9BE | Primary | 293 | 9.3% | 16.3% | 
| King's Academy College Park (Infant) Portsmouth, PO2 0NT | Primary | 321 | 8.1% | 19.6% | 
| Ivy Chimneys Primary School Epping, CM16 4EP | Primary | 303 | 9.6% | 16.5% | 
| Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy Whitchurch, SY13 1RJ | Primary | 241 | 9.4% | 18.1% | 
| Westwood First School Leek, ST13 8DL | Primary | 276 | 10.1% | 15.6% | 
| Knypersley First School Stoke-on-Trent, ST8 6NN | Primary | 283 | 8.1% | 20.8% | 
| Charlton Wood Primary Academy Bristol, BS34 5BN | Primary | 330 | 7.6% | 18.5% | 
| Old Hall Junior School Chesterfield, S40 3QR | Primary | 246 | 11.4% | 20.3% | 
| Tudor Grange Primary Academy Yew Tree Solihull, B91 2SD | Primary | 265 | 12.3% | 19.4% | 
| All Saints Church of England Infant Academy Hessle, HU13 9JD | Primary | 307 | 10.1% | 16.8% | 
| Bosmere Community Primary School Ipswich, IP6 8BP | Primary | 238 | 9.7% | 19% | 
| Roselands Infants' School Eastbourne, BN22 8PD | Primary | 262 | 11.5% | 21% | 
| Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill Wakefield, WF1 4LU | Primary | 232 | 9.1% | 18.6% | 
| Broughton Primary Academy Brigg, DN20 0JW | Primary | 305 | 11.8% | 20% |