Polden Bower SchoolPetherton Park School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Polden Bower School and Petherton Park School.

  • Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.

  • Polden Bower School was judged Good and Petherton Park School was judged Good.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Polden Bower School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Polden Bower School versus Petherton Park School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BridgwaterPolden Bower SchoolSomersetPetherton Park SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our score Not scored Not scored
Local rankingNot rankedNot ranked
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeFoundation special school Other independent special school
Age range4-19 7-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll247 15
Capacity200 20
LocationBridgwater, TA6 4GU Somerset, TA6 6NA
GCSE results
Attainment 80.5 Not reported46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths0.0% Not reported45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths0.0% Not reported64.8%
Entering EBacc0.0% Not reported40.5%
EBacc average point score0.00 Not reported4.09
Cohort17 1
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard0.0% Not reported62.0%
At higher standard0.0% Not reported8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census247 15
Free school meals (ever 6)44.1% 0.0%
English as an additional language8.9% Not reported
SEN support0.0% 0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan100.0% 100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence10.5% Not reported6.2%
Persistent absence27.3% Not reported15.8%

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Polden Bower School

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