Carlyle Infant and Nursery AcademyHighfields Spencer Academy

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

Summary of the comparison

Carlyle Infant and Nursery Academy and Highfields Spencer Academy are primary schools in Derby.

Carlyle Infant and Nursery Academy scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Highfields Spencer Academy scores 72 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Highfields Spencer Academy is ahead on our composite score.
Carlyle Infant and Nursery Academy was judged Good and Highfields Spencer Academy was judged the expected standard.

Carlyle Infant and Nursery Academy versus Highfields Spencer Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	DerbyCarlyle Infant and Nursery Academy	DerbyHighfields Spencer Academy	England average
Overview
Our score	C66/100	B72/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	67th of 74 in Derby	269th of 336 in Derbyshire
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Academy converter	Free schools
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-7	3-11
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	183	233
Capacity	206	266
Location	Derby, DE23 3ES	Derby, DE23 3UX
Pupils
Pupils in the census	183	233
Free school meals (ever 6)	23.8%	27.4%
English as an additional language	49.2%	23.2%
SEN support	12.0%	10.7%
SEN with an EHC plan	3.3%	2.1%
Attendance
Overall absence	5.5%	4.0% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	20.2%	8.0% 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.