The Ferns Primary 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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
                        The Ferns Primary Academy
                         (Your chosen school)  | 
                    Primary | 97 | 34% | 38.1% | 
| 
                        Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy
                         Cleethorpes, DN35 9DL  | 
                    Primary | 113 | 29.2% | 33.6% | 
| 
                        The Little Gonerby Church of England Primary Academy, Grantham
                         Grantham, NG31 9AZ  | 
                    Primary | 116 | 28.5% | 37.1% | 
| 
                        Abbey Woods Academy
                         Wallingford, OX10 7LZ  | 
                    Primary | 162 | 30.7% | 42.3% | 
| 
                        Southbroom St James Academy
                         Devizes, SN10 3AH  | 
                    Primary | 152 | 27% | 36.8% | 
| 
                        High Cliff Academy
                         Newhaven, BN9 9FD  | 
                    Primary | 187 | 38.5% | 35.8% | 
| 
                        The Oak View Academy
                         Winsford, CW7 2LZ  | 
                    Primary | 138 | 33.3% | 38.7% | 
| 
                        Troon Community Primary School
                         Camborne, TR14 9ED  | 
                    Primary | 154 | 33.1% | 35.7% | 
| 
                        St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots
                         St Neots, PE19 1NX  | 
                    Primary | 71 | 32.4% | 42.3% | 
| 
                        Werrington Community Primary School
                         Launceston, PL15 8TN  | 
                    Primary | 59 | 27.9% | 36.1% | 
| 
                        Bearnes Voluntary Primary School
                         Newton Abbot, TQ12 2AU  | 
                    Primary | 95 | 39% | 43.2% | 
| 
                        Catcliffe Primary School
                         Rotherham, S60 5SW  | 
                    Primary | 149 | 35.5% | 34.2% | 
| 
                        Burnside Academy Inspires
                         Houghton le Spring, DH4 5HB  | 
                    Primary | 146 | 31.5% | 38.3% | 
| 
                        Whitecliffe Academy
                         Saltburn-By-The-Sea, TS13 4AD  | 
                    Primary | 83 | 31.3% | 43.8% | 
| 
                        Thomas Eaton Primary Academy
                         March, PE15 0QS  | 
                    Primary | 136 | 33.1% | 32.4% | 
| 
                        Bedmond Academy
                         Abbots Langley, WD5 0RD  | 
                    Primary | 85 | 35.6% | 33.3% | 
| 
                        West Vale Academy
                         Halifax, HX4 8LS  | 
                    Primary | 98 | 34.7% | 40.8% | 
| 
                        Rokeby Park Primary School
                         Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7NJ  | 
                    Primary | 148 | 35.3% | 40.5% | 
| 
                        Winterton Primary School and Nursery
                         Great Yarmouth, NR29 4AP  | 
                    Primary | 64 | 33.3% | 31.8% | 
| 
                        Bibury Church of England Primary School
                         Cirencester, GL7 5NR  | 
                    Primary | 25 | 36% | 40% | 
| 
                        Princetown Community Primary School
                         Yelverton, PL20 6QE  | 
                    Primary | 46 | 32.6% | 43.5% | 
| 
                        St Columba CE Primary School
                         Fareham, PO15 6LL  | 
                    Primary | 95 | 30.5% | 38.9% | 
| 
                        St Mary's Church of England Primary School
                         Chelmsford, CM3 8RJ  | 
                    Primary | 63 | 28.6% | 33.3% | 
| 
                        St Marys Catholic Primary School, Wingate
                         Co Durham, TS28 5AN  | 
                    Primary | 69 | 29% | 43.5% | 
| 
                        St Mary's Church of England Primary School
                         Radstock, BA3 3NG  | 
                    Primary | 155 | 28.4% | 37.4% | 
| 
                        Bream Church of England Primary School
                         Lydney, GL15 6JW  | 
                    Primary | 155 | 38.1% | 40% | 
| 
                        Surfleet Primary School
                         Spalding, PE11 4DB  | 
                    Primary | 65 | 36.9% | 36.9% | 
| 
                        St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blackhall
                         Hartlepool, TS27 4HE  | 
                    Primary | 66 | 30.3% | 34.8% | 
| 
                        Brancaster CofE Primary Academy
                         King's Lynn, PE31 8AB  | 
                    Primary | 41 | 34.2% | 41.5% | 
| 
                        St Budeaux CofE Primary Academy
                         Plymouth, PL5 2DW  | 
                    Primary | 106 | 25.5% | 37.7% |