Millfield First and Nursery SchoolBuntingford First School

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

Summary of the comparison

Millfield First and Nursery School and Buntingford First School are primary schools in Buntingford.

Millfield First and Nursery School scores 72 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Buntingford First School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average). Millfield First and Nursery School is ahead on our composite score.
Millfield First and Nursery School was judged Good and Buntingford First School was judged strong.

Millfield First and Nursery School versus Buntingford First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	BuntingfordMillfield First and Nursery School	BuntingfordBuntingford First School	England average
Overview
Our score	B72/100Stronger figure	C66/100
Local ranking	359th of 391 in Hertfordshire Stronger figure	376th of 391 in Hertfordshire
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: StrongStronger figure
School type	Community school	Free schools
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-9	2-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	318	123
Capacity	352	330
Location	Buntingford, SG9 9DT	Buntingford, SG9 9HZ
Pupils
Pupils in the census	318	123
Free school meals (ever 6)	10.2%	23.1%
English as an additional language	4.7%	1.6%
SEN support	11.6%	13.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.9%	4.1%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.4% Stronger figure	8.2%	6.2%
Persistent absence	8.0% Stronger figure	22.4%	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.