Longmeadow Primary SchoolShephalbury Park Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Longmeadow Primary School and Shephalbury Park Primary School are primary schools in Stevenage.

  • Longmeadow Primary School scores 39 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and Shephalbury Park Primary School scores 63 out of 100 (grade C, average). Shephalbury Park Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Longmeadow Primary School was judged the expected standard and Shephalbury Park Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 32.0% for Longmeadow Primary School and 32.0% for Shephalbury Park Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Longmeadow Primary School (50.0% in 2022-23, 32.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Shephalbury Park Primary School (50.0% in 2022-23, 32.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Longmeadow Primary School versus Shephalbury Park Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure StevenageLongmeadow Primary SchoolStevenageShephalbury Park Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF39/100C63/100Stronger figure
Local ranking306th of 391 in Hertfordshire 143rd of 391 in Hertfordshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll206 227
Capacity200 210
LocationStevenage, SG2 8LT Stevenage, SG2 8AX
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard32.0% 32.0% 62.0%
At higher standard5.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score102.0 106.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score99.0 101.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census206 227
Free school meals (ever 6)34.0% 24.4%
English as an additional language24.8% 7.5%
SEN support18.4% 11.9%
SEN with an EHC plan3.4% 1.8%
Attendance
Overall absence6.6% 4.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence22.8% 9.0% 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.

Longmeadow Primary School

Shephalbury Park Primary School

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