Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery SchoolLyons Hall School

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

Summary of the comparison

Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School and Lyons Hall School are primary schools in Braintree.

  • Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School scores 68 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Lyons Hall School scores 68 out of 100 (grade C, average). Our score is the same for each of them on the data available.

  • Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School was judged Good and Lyons Hall School was judged Good.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Lyons Hall School (72.0% in 2022-23, 73.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School versus Lyons Hall School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BraintreeGreat Bradfords Infant and Nursery SchoolBraintreeLyons Hall SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC68/100C68/100
Local ranking409th of 430 in Essex 79th of 430 in Essex Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-7 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll286 558
Capacity270 630
LocationBraintree, CM7 9LW Braintree, CM7 9FH
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported73.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported18.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported108.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported107.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census286 558
Free school meals (ever 6)25.9% 14.7%
English as an additional language14.7% 11.6%
SEN support14.7% 10.9%
SEN with an EHC plan2.1% 2.1%
Attendance
Overall absence5.6% 4.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence15.1% 8.5% 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.

Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School

Lyons Hall School

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