Acomb First SchoolBeaufront First School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Hexham.

Summary of the comparison

Acomb First School and Beaufront First School are primary schools in Hexham.

Acomb First School scores 72 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Beaufront First School scores 64 out of 100 (grade C, average). Acomb First School is ahead on our composite score.
Acomb First School was judged Good and Beaufront First School was judged the expected standard.

Acomb First School versus Beaufront First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	HexhamAcomb First School	HexhamBeaufront First School	England average
Overview
Our score	B72/100Stronger figure	C64/100
Local ranking	85th of 118 in Northumberland Stronger figure	114th of 118 in Northumberland
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Expected
School type	Community school	Community school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	4-9	4-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	65	66
Capacity	75	75
Location	Hexham, NE46 4PL	Hexham, NE46 4LY
Pupils
Pupils in the census	65	66
Free school meals (ever 6)	18.5%	1.5%
English as an additional language	0.0%	0.0%
SEN support	32.3%	7.6%
SEN with an EHC plan	7.7%	6.1%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.3%	4.2% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	8.9%	3.5% Stronger figure	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.