Chesnut Lodge Special SchoolPoppy Field School

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

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Chesnut Lodge Special School and Poppy Field School in Widnes.

  • Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.

  • Chesnut Lodge Special School was judged Good and Poppy Field School was judged Outstanding.

Side-by-side comparison

Chesnut Lodge Special School versus Poppy Field School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WidnesChesnut Lodge Special SchoolWidnesPoppy Field SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our score Not scored Not scored
Local rankingNot rankedNot ranked
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeCommunity special school Other independent special school
Age range2-16 4-19
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll86 27
CapacityNot reported40
LocationWidnes, WA8 7HF Widnes, WA8 6DH
GCSE results
Cohort6 1
Pupils
Pupils in the census86 27
Free school meals (ever 6)65.9% 0.0%
English as an additional language3.5% Not reported
SEN support1.2% 0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan98.8% 100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence16.2% Not reported6.2%
Persistent absence36.6% Not reported15.8%

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.

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Chesnut Lodge Special School

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