Kingsmoor Lower SchoolThe Firs Lower School

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

Summary of the comparison

Kingsmoor Lower School and The Firs Lower School are primary schools in Bedford.

Kingsmoor Lower School scores 77 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and The Firs Lower School scores 73 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Kingsmoor Lower School is ahead on our composite score.
Kingsmoor Lower School was judged the expected standard and The Firs Lower School was judged Good.

Kingsmoor Lower School versus The Firs Lower School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	BedfordKingsmoor Lower School	BedfordThe Firs Lower School	England average
Overview
Our score	B77/100Stronger figure	B73/100
Local ranking	44th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire Stronger figure	55th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	2-9	2-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	167	350
Capacity	270	348
Location	Bedford, MK45 1EY	Bedford, MK45 2QR
Pupils
Pupils in the census	167	349
Free school meals (ever 6)	11.8%	4.0%
English as an additional language	3.0%	3.2%
SEN support	23.4%	7.2%
SEN with an EHC plan	5.4%	2.6%
Attendance
Overall absence	3.7% Stronger figure	4.0%	6.2%
Persistent absence	5.7% Stronger figure	7.0%	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.