Hayeswood First SchoolMerley First School

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

Summary of the comparison

Hayeswood First School and Merley First School are primary schools in Wimborne.

Hayeswood First School scores 73 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Merley First School scores 75 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Merley First School is ahead on our composite score.
Hayeswood First School was judged Good and Merley First School was judged Good.

Hayeswood First School versus Merley First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	WimborneHayeswood First School	WimborneMerley First School	England average
Overview
Our score	B73/100	B75/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	85th of 116 in Dorset	53rd of 65 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Academy converter	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	5-9	5-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	142	287
Capacity	150	300
Location	Wimborne, BH21 2HN	Wimborne, BH21 1SD
Pupils
Pupils in the census	142	287
Free school meals (ever 6)	7.8%	10.1%
English as an additional language	2.1%	1.7%
SEN support	14.1%	11.5%
SEN with an EHC plan	0.7%	0.7%
Attendance
Overall absence	3.8%	3.4% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	5.9%	2.9% 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.