Oakridge Infant SchoolMerton Infant School and Nursery

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

Summary of the comparison

Oakridge Infant School and Merton Infant School and Nursery are primary schools in Basingstoke.

Oakridge Infant School scores 80 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Merton Infant School and Nursery scores 80 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Our score is the same for each of them on the data available.
Oakridge Infant School was judged strong and Merton Infant School and Nursery was judged strong.

Oakridge Infant School versus Merton Infant School and Nursery compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	BasingstokeOakridge Infant School	BasingstokeMerton Infant School and Nursery	England average
Overview
Our score	B80/100	B80/100
Local ranking	311th of 416 in Hampshire	308th of 416 in Hampshire Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Strong	Ofsted: Strong
School type	Community school	Community school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	2-7	2-7
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	325	215
Capacity	340	270
Location	Basingstoke, RG21 5RR	Basingstoke, RG24 9HB
Pupils
Pupils in the census	325	215
Free school meals (ever 6)	18.9%	25.4%
English as an additional language	32.9%	39.5%
SEN support	20.6%	9.3%
SEN with an EHC plan	4.6%	5.1%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.2% Stronger figure	4.3%	6.2%
Persistent absence	7.5% Stronger figure	10.7%	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.