Fairfield Park Lower SchoolGothic Mede Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Fairfield Park Lower School and Gothic Mede Academy are primary schools.

Fairfield Park Lower School scores 72 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Gothic Mede Academy scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average). Fairfield Park Lower School is ahead on our composite score.
Fairfield Park Lower School was judged Good and Gothic Mede Academy was judged Good.

Fairfield Park Lower School versus Gothic Mede Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	Fairfield ParkFairfield Park Lower School	ArleseyGothic Mede Academy	England average
Overview
Our score	B72/100Stronger figure	C67/100
Local ranking	58th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire Stronger figure	80th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-9	3-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	516	283
Capacity	514	300
Location	Fairfield Park, SG5 4FD	Arlesey, SG15 6SL
Pupils
Pupils in the census	516	283
Free school meals (ever 6)	6.5%	17.4%
English as an additional language	3.1%	3.9%
SEN support	12.0%	20.1%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.3%	7.4%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.5% Stronger figure	5.3%	6.2%
Persistent absence	7.4% Stronger figure	17.0%	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.