Biddick Hall Infants' SchoolMonkton Infants' School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in South Shields.

Summary of the comparison

Biddick Hall Infants' School and Monkton Infants' School are primary schools in South Shields.

Biddick Hall Infants' School scores 69 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Monkton Infants' School scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average). Biddick Hall Infants' School is ahead on our composite score.
Biddick Hall Infants' School was judged Good and Monkton Infants' School was judged the expected standard.

Biddick Hall Infants' School versus Monkton Infants' School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	South ShieldsBiddick Hall Infants' School	South ShieldsMonkton Infants' School	England average
Overview
Our score	C69/100Stronger figure	C57/100
Local ranking	42nd of 45 in South Tyneside Stronger figure	44th of 45 in South Tyneside
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-7	2-7
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	226	146
Capacity	180	180
Location	South Shields, NE34 9JD	South Shields, NE34 9SD
Pupils
Pupils in the census	226	146
Free school meals (ever 6)	67.9%	71.6%
English as an additional language	2.2%	2.7%
SEN support	27.0%	17.8%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.6%	0.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	5.0% Stronger figure	8.5%	6.2%
Persistent absence	12.6% Stronger figure	33.8%	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.