Maulden Lower SchoolThe Firs Lower School

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

Summary of the comparison

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

Maulden Lower School scores 69 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The Firs Lower School scores 73 out of 100 (grade B, strong). The Firs Lower School is ahead on our composite score.
Maulden Lower School was judged Good and The Firs Lower School was judged Good.

Maulden Lower School versus The Firs Lower School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	BedfordMaulden Lower School	BedfordThe Firs Lower School	England average
Overview
Our score	C69/100	B73/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	76th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire	55th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire Stronger figure
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	166	350
Capacity	150	348
Location	Bedford, MK45 2AU	Bedford, MK45 2QR
Pupils
Pupils in the census	160	349
Free school meals (ever 6)	10.7%	4.0%
English as an additional language	0.6%	3.2%
SEN support	4.4%	7.2%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.9%	2.6%
Attendance
Overall absence	6.0%	4.0% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	10.1%	7.0% Stronger figure	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.