Oakhurst Community First SchoolParley First School

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

Summary of the comparison

Oakhurst Community First School and Parley First School are primary schools in Ferndown.

Oakhurst Community First School scores 68 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Parley First School scores 70 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Parley First School is ahead on our composite score.
Oakhurst Community First School was judged the expected standard and Parley First School was judged Good.

Oakhurst Community First School versus Parley First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	FerndownOakhurst Community First School	FerndownParley First School	England average
Overview
Our score	C68/100	B70/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	101st of 116 in Dorset	96th of 116 in Dorset Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Expected	Ofsted: Good
School type	Academy converter	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	5-9	4-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	175	308
Capacity	209	315
Location	Ferndown, BH22 0DY	Ferndown, BH22 8QE
Pupils
Pupils in the census	175	308
Free school meals (ever 6)	25.2%	12.0%
English as an additional language	4.6%	0.6%
SEN support	16.0%	10.1%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.9%	6.8%
Attendance
Overall absence	5.2%	4.9% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	14.7%	10.8% 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.