Bishopswood Infant SchoolSilchester Church of England Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Bishopswood Infant School and Silchester Church of England Primary School are primary schools.

  • Bishopswood Infant School scores 69 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Silchester Church of England Primary School scores 44 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Bishopswood Infant School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Bishopswood Infant School was judged the expected standard and Silchester Church of England Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Silchester Church of England Primary School (31.0% in 2022-23, 70.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Bishopswood Infant School versus Silchester Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure TadleyBishopswood Infant SchoolReadingSilchester Church of England Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC69/100Stronger figureD44/100
Local ranking377th of 411 in Hampshire 255th of 411 in Hampshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-7 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll174 156
Capacity180 180
LocationTadley, RG26 3NA Reading, RG7 2NJ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported70.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported6.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported110.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported107.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census177 172
Free school meals (ever 6)10.7% 4.1%
English as an additional language7.3% 2.3%
SEN support7.3% 16.3%
SEN with an EHC plan1.7% 4.1%
Attendance
Overall absence5.4% 3.1% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence10.7% 3.9% 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.

Bishopswood Infant School

Silchester Church of England Primary School

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