Bassingbourn Primary SchoolTannery Drift School

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

Summary of the comparison

Bassingbourn Primary School and Tannery Drift School are primary schools in Royston.

  • Bassingbourn Primary School scores 44 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Tannery Drift School scores 80 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Tannery Drift School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Bassingbourn Primary School was judged in need of attention and Tannery Drift School was judged strong.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Bassingbourn Primary School (49.0% in 2022-23, 52.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Bassingbourn Primary School versus Tannery Drift School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure RoystonBassingbourn Primary SchoolRoystonTannery Drift SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD44/100B80/100Stronger figure
Local ranking170th of 210 in Cambridgeshire 337th of 391 in Hertfordshire
InspectionOfsted: Requires improvementOfsted: StrongStronger figure
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 3-9
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll365 325
Capacity420 345
LocationRoyston, SG8 5NP Royston, SG8 5DE
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard52.0% Not reported62.0%
At higher standard7.0% Not reported8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 Not reported106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 Not reported105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census365 325
Free school meals (ever 6)20.3% 9.7%
English as an additional language4.7% 14.5%
SEN support16.2% 12.9%
SEN with an EHC plan2.5% 1.2%
Attendance
Overall absence4.9% 3.4% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence13.3% 5.0% Stronger figure15.8%

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.

Bassingbourn Primary School

Tannery Drift School

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