Ferndown First SchoolParley First School

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

Summary of the comparison

Ferndown First School and Parley First School are primary schools in Ferndown.

Ferndown First School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Parley First School scores 70 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Parley First School is ahead on our composite score.
Ferndown First School was judged Good and Parley First School was judged Good.

Ferndown First School versus Parley First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	FerndownFerndown First School	FerndownParley First School	England average
Overview
Our score	C66/100	B70/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	107th of 116 in Dorset	96th of 116 in Dorset Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Academy converter	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	4-9	4-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	360	308
Capacity	342	315
Location	Ferndown, BH22 9FB	Ferndown, BH22 8QE
Pupils
Pupils in the census	360	308
Free school meals (ever 6)	18.6%	12.0%
English as an additional language	6.1%	0.6%
SEN support	12.8%	10.1%
SEN with an EHC plan	3.9%	6.8%
Attendance
Overall absence	6.2%	4.9% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	17.2%	10.8% 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.