Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSpellbrook CofE Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Bishop's Stortford.

Summary of the comparison

Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School and Spellbrook CofE Primary School are primary schools in Bishop's Stortford.

  • Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School scores 48 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Spellbrook CofE Primary School scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average). Spellbrook CofE Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School was judged Good and Spellbrook CofE Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 70.0% for Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School and 53.0% for Spellbrook CofE Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (73.0% in 2022-23, 70.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Spellbrook CofE Primary School (75.0% in 2022-23, 53.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School versus Spellbrook CofE Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Bishop's StortfordLittle Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBishop's StortfordSpellbrook CofE Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD48/100C67/100Stronger figure
Local ranking298th of 430 in Essex 100th of 391 in Hertfordshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeVoluntary aided school Voluntary controlled school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll122 116
Capacity140 120
LocationBishop's Stortford, CM22 7RE Bishop's Stortford, CM23 4BA
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard70.0% Stronger figure53.0% 62.0%
At higher standard5.0% 20.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 Stronger figure105.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 103.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census122 116
Free school meals (ever 6)4.1% 21.9%
English as an additional language1.6% 10.3%
SEN support4.9% 14.7%
SEN with an EHC plan1.6% 1.7%
Attendance
Overall absence5.8% Stronger figure6.3% 6.2%
Persistent absence13.6% 12.8% Stronger figure15.8%

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.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

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.

Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Spellbrook CofE Primary School

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