R A Butler Infant SchoolKatherine Semar Infant School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Saffron Walden.

Summary of the comparison

R A Butler Infant School and Katherine Semar Infant School are primary schools in Saffron Walden.

R A Butler Infant School scores 74 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Katherine Semar Infant School scores 89 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional). Katherine Semar Infant School is ahead on our composite score.
R A Butler Infant School was judged Good and Katherine Semar Infant School was judged exceptional.

R A Butler Infant School versus Katherine Semar Infant School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	Saffron WaldenR A Butler Infant School	Saffron WaldenKatherine Semar Infant School	England average
Overview
Our score	B74/100	A89/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	391st of 430 in Essex	377th of 430 in Essex Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School type	Academy converter	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	5-7	4-7
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	271	180
Capacity	270	180
Location	Saffron Walden, CB11 3DG	Saffron Walden, CB11 4DU
Pupils
Pupils in the census	271	180
Free school meals (ever 6)	9.2%	10.6%
English as an additional language	15.1%	12.8%
SEN support	11.1%	10.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	3.3%	2.2%
Attendance
Overall absence	3.3% Stronger figure	3.7%	6.2%
Persistent absence	4.8% Stronger figure	6.6%	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.