New Milton Infant SchoolHighcliffe St Mark Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

New Milton Infant School and Highcliffe St Mark Primary School are primary schools.

  • New Milton Infant School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Highcliffe St Mark Primary School scores 37 out of 100 (grade F, weak). New Milton Infant School is ahead on our composite score.

  • New Milton Infant School was judged Good and Highcliffe St Mark Primary School was judged Requires improvement.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Highcliffe St Mark Primary School (45.0% in 2022-23, 58.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

New Milton Infant School versus Highcliffe St Mark Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure New MiltonNew Milton Infant SchoolChristchurchHighcliffe St Mark Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC66/100Stronger figureF37/100
Local ranking397th of 416 in Hampshire 47th of 65 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
InspectionOfsted: GoodStronger figureOfsted: Requires improvement
School typeCommunity school Foundation school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-7 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll190 610
Capacity270 654
LocationNew Milton, BH25 6PZ Christchurch, BH23 5AZ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported58.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported7.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census190 610
Free school meals (ever 6)23.5% 7.4%
English as an additional language18.4% 3.8%
SEN support14.2% 10.0%
SEN with an EHC plan4.7% 3.4%
Attendance
Overall absence6.5% 5.2% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence16.0% 12.1% 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.

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.

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