Newfield SchoolAurora Woodlands School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Newfield School and Aurora Woodlands School.

Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Newfield School was judged the expected standard and Aurora Woodlands School was judged Good.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Newfield School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Newfield School versus Aurora Woodlands School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	BlackburnNewfield School	LancashireAurora Woodlands School	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community special school	Other independent special school
Age range	4-19	10-19
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	242	64
Capacity	190	64
Location	Blackburn, BB1 2PW	Lancashire, BB3 2NG
GCSE results
Attainment 8	Not reported	2.9	46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths	Not reported	0.0%	45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths	Not reported	0.0%	64.8%
Entering EBacc	Not reported	0.0%	40.5%
EBacc average point score	Not reported	0.00	4.09
Cohort	14	13
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	0.0%	Not reported	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	Not reported	8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census	235	58
Free school meals (ever 6)	44.3%	0.0%
English as an additional language	31.1%	Not reported
SEN support	0.0%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	10.7%	Not reported	6.2%
Persistent absence	34.5%	Not reported	15.8%

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