Mrs Bland's Infant SchoolMortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School

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

Summary of the comparison

Mrs Bland's Infant School and Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School are primary schools in Reading.

Mrs Bland's Infant School scores 75 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School scores 73 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Mrs Bland's Infant School is ahead on our composite score.
Mrs Bland's Infant School was judged strong and Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School was judged the expected standard.

Mrs Bland's Infant School versus Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	ReadingMrs Bland's Infant School	ReadingMortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School	England average
Overview
Our score	B75/100Stronger figure	B73/100
Local ranking	54th of 62 in West Berkshire Stronger figure	56th of 62 in West Berkshire
Inspection	Ofsted: StrongStronger figure	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Voluntary controlled school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	2-7	4-7
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	181	164
Capacity	244	180
Location	Reading, RG7 3LP	Reading, RG7 3RD
Pupils
Pupils in the census	187	165
Free school meals (ever 6)	18.0%	8.5%
English as an additional language	10.2%	4.8%
SEN support	13.9%	11.5%
SEN with an EHC plan	4.3%	0.6%
Attendance
Overall absence	5.1%	3.9% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	12.9%	6.6% 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.