Icknield Walk First SchoolRoman Way Academy

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

Summary of the comparison

Icknield Walk First School and Roman Way Academy are primary schools in Royston.

Icknield Walk First School scores 75 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Roman Way Academy scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average). Icknield Walk First School is ahead on our composite score.
Icknield Walk First School was judged the expected standard and Roman Way Academy was judged Good.

Icknield Walk First School versus Roman Way Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	RoystonIcknield Walk First School	RoystonRoman Way Academy	England average
Overview
Our score	B75/100Stronger figure	C66/100
Local ranking	345th of 391 in Hertfordshire Stronger figure	374th of 391 in Hertfordshire
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Academy sponsor led
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-9	3-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	345	234
Capacity	360	277
Location	Royston, SG8 7EZ	Royston, SG8 5EQ
Pupils
Pupils in the census	345	234
Free school meals (ever 6)	10.1%	24.0%
English as an additional language	7.8%	14.5%
SEN support	14.8%	23.5%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.9%	5.1%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.2% Stronger figure	5.9%	6.2%
Persistent absence	8.1% Stronger figure	19.0%	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.