Colehill First SchoolSt James Church of England First School

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

Summary of the comparison

Colehill First School and St James Church of England First School are primary schools in Wimborne.

Colehill First School scores 74 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and St James Church of England First School scores 70 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Colehill First School is ahead on our composite score.
Colehill First School was judged Good and St James Church of England First School was judged the expected standard.

Colehill First School versus St James Church of England First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	WimborneColehill First School	WimborneSt James Church of England First School	England average
Overview
Our score	B74/100Stronger figure	B70/100
Local ranking	84th of 116 in Dorset Stronger figure	97th of 116 in Dorset
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Academy converter	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	5-9	2-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	147	138
Capacity	150	125
Location	Wimborne, BH21 2LZ	Wimborne, BH21 4JN
Pupils
Pupils in the census	147	138
Free school meals (ever 6)	8.8%	6.3%
English as an additional language	1.4%	2.9%
SEN support	8.8%	8.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	0.7%	1.4%
Attendance
Overall absence	3.5% Stronger figure	4.8%	6.2%
Persistent absence	4.1% Stronger figure	12.2%	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.