Linslade Lower SchoolSouthcott Lower School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Leighton Buzzard.

Summary of the comparison

Linslade Lower School and Southcott Lower School are primary schools in Leighton Buzzard.

Linslade Lower School scores 76 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Southcott Lower School scores 74 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Linslade Lower School is ahead on our composite score.
Linslade Lower School was judged the expected standard and Southcott Lower School was judged Good.

Linslade Lower School versus Southcott Lower School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	Leighton BuzzardLinslade Lower School	Leighton BuzzardSouthcott Lower School	England average
Overview
Our score	B76/100Stronger figure	B74/100
Local ranking	45th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire Stronger figure	51st of 92 in Central Bedfordshire
Inspection	Ofsted: Expected	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Community school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-9	2-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	173	296
Capacity	225	300
Location	Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2QU	Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2UA
Pupils
Pupils in the census	173	296
Free school meals (ever 6)	3.3%	3.7%
English as an additional language	4.0%	2.4%
SEN support	7.5%	10.5%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.9%	4.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	2.7% Stronger figure	3.5%	6.2%
Persistent absence	1.7% Stronger figure	5.0%	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.