Portway Infant SchoolBalksbury Infant School

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

Summary of the comparison

Portway Infant School and Balksbury Infant School are primary schools in Andover.

Portway Infant School scores 87 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional) and Balksbury Infant School scores 73 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Portway Infant School is ahead on our composite score.
Portway Infant School was judged Outstanding and Balksbury Infant School was judged Good.

Portway Infant School versus Balksbury Infant School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	AndoverPortway Infant School	AndoverBalksbury Infant School	England average
Overview
Our score	A87/100Stronger figure	B73/100
Local ranking	297th of 416 in Hampshire Stronger figure	333rd of 416 in Hampshire
Inspection	Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Community school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	5-7	4-7
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	270	268
Capacity	270	270
Location	Andover, SP10 3PE	Andover, SP10 3QP
Pupils
Pupils in the census	270	268
Free school meals (ever 6)	13.0%	20.5%
English as an additional language	8.9%	10.8%
SEN support	8.2%	6.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	8.5%	1.5%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.3%	3.8% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	9.1%	5.3% 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.