Church Hill Infant SchoolRiverside Community Primary School Birstall

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

Summary of the comparison

Church Hill Infant School and Riverside Community Primary School Birstall are primary schools in Leicester.

  • Church Hill Infant School scores 71 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Riverside Community Primary School Birstall scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average). Church Hill Infant School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Church Hill Infant School was judged Good and Riverside Community Primary School Birstall was judged Good.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Riverside Community Primary School Birstall (58.0% in 2022-23, 56.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Church Hill Infant School versus Riverside Community Primary School Birstall compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LeicesterChurch Hill Infant SchoolLeicesterRiverside Community Primary School BirstallEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB71/100Stronger figureC58/100
Local ranking218th of 225 in Leicestershire 116th of 225 in Leicestershire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-7 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll167 409
Capacity270 428
LocationLeicester, LE4 8DE Leicester, LE4 4JU
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported56.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported2.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported105.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census159 419
Free school meals (ever 6)14.5% 12.9%
English as an additional language38.4% 12.2%
SEN support9.4% 16.0%
SEN with an EHC plan1.3% 1.7%
Attendance
Overall absence4.3% 4.2% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence11.5% 8.1% 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.

Church Hill Infant School

Riverside Community Primary School Birstall

Full profiles: Church Hill Infant School · Riverside Community Primary School Birstall