Merley First SchoolWimborne First School and Nursery

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

Summary of the comparison

Merley First School and Wimborne First School and Nursery are primary schools in Wimborne.

Merley First School scores 75 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Wimborne First School and Nursery scores 72 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Merley First School is ahead on our composite score.
Merley First School was judged Good and Wimborne First School and Nursery was judged Good.

Merley First School versus Wimborne First School and Nursery compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	WimborneMerley First School	WimborneWimborne First School and Nursery	England average
Overview
Our score	B75/100Stronger figure	B72/100
Local ranking	53rd of 65 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	89th of 116 in Dorset
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Academy converter	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	5-9	2-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	287	418
Capacity	300	308
Location	Wimborne, BH21 1SD	Wimborne, BH21 4FW
Pupils
Pupils in the census	287	418
Free school meals (ever 6)	10.1%	12.6%
English as an additional language	1.7%	5.0%
SEN support	11.5%	2.1%
SEN with an EHC plan	0.7%	2.1%
Attendance
Overall absence	3.4% Stronger figure	4.3%	6.2%
Persistent absence	2.9% Stronger figure	8.4%	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.