Beaudesert Lower SchoolStanbridge Lower School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Leighton Buzzard.

Summary of the comparison

Beaudesert Lower School and Stanbridge Lower School are primary schools in Leighton Buzzard.

Beaudesert Lower School scores 70 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Stanbridge Lower School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average). Beaudesert Lower School is ahead on our composite score.
Beaudesert Lower School was judged Good and Stanbridge Lower School was judged Good.

Beaudesert Lower School versus Stanbridge Lower School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	Leighton BuzzardBeaudesert Lower School	Leighton BuzzardStanbridge Lower School	England average
Overview
Our score	B70/100Stronger figure	C66/100
Local ranking	70th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire Stronger figure	82nd of 92 in Central Bedfordshire
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Community school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	4-9	3-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	283	132
Capacity	290	120
Location	Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3DX	Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9HY
Pupils
Pupils in the census	283	132
Free school meals (ever 6)	13.4%	13.0%
English as an additional language	8.5%	2.3%
SEN support	10.9%	14.4%
SEN with an EHC plan	3.2%	3.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	5.0% Stronger figure	6.3%	6.2%
Persistent absence	10.5% Stronger figure	16.3%	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.