Defford and Besford CofE Primary SchoolEckington CofE First School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Defford and Besford CofE Primary School and Eckington CofE First School are primary schools.

Defford and Besford CofE Primary School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Eckington CofE First School scores 74 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Eckington CofE First School is ahead on our composite score.
Defford and Besford CofE Primary School was judged Good and Eckington CofE First School was judged Good.

Defford and Besford CofE Primary School versus Eckington CofE First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	WorcesterDefford and Besford CofE Primary School	PershoreEckington CofE First School	England average
Overview
Our score	C62/100	B74/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	161st of 173 in Worcestershire	127th of 173 in Worcestershire Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Voluntary controlled school	Voluntary controlled school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	5-11	4-10
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	54	88
Capacity	84	120
Location	Worcester, WR8 9BH	Pershore, WR10 3AU
Pupils
Pupils in the census	43	77
Free school meals (ever 6)	13.9%	6.5%
English as an additional language	0.0%	0.0%
SEN support	7.0%	14.3%
SEN with an EHC plan	0.0%	0.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	6.0%	3.2% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	31.4%	6.1% 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.