Hillside Community First SchoolVerwood Church of England First School

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

Summary of the comparison

Hillside Community First School and Verwood Church of England First School are primary schools in Verwood.

Hillside Community First School scores 71 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Verwood Church of England First School scores 72 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Verwood Church of England First School is ahead on our composite score.
Hillside Community First School was judged Good and Verwood Church of England First School was judged Good.

Hillside Community First School versus Verwood Church of England First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	VerwoodHillside Community First School	VerwoodVerwood Church of England First School	England average
Overview
Our score	B71/100	B72/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	95th of 116 in Dorset	87th of 116 in Dorset Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Academy converter	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	4-9	2-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	206	290
Capacity	240	330
Location	Verwood, BH31 7HE	Verwood, BH31 6JF
Pupils
Pupils in the census	206	290
Free school meals (ever 6)	17.5%	6.3%
English as an additional language	1.0%	1.4%
SEN support	14.6%	3.8%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.4%	2.1%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.5%	4.3% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	9.9%	6.7% 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.