Reed First SchoolBarkway VA Church of England First School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Reed First School and Barkway VA Church of England First School are primary schools.

Reed First School scores 76 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Barkway VA Church of England First School scores 51 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Reed First School is ahead on our composite score.
Reed First School was judged Good and Barkway VA Church of England First School was judged Good.

Reed First School versus Barkway VA Church of England First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	RoystonReed First School	BarkwayBarkway VA Church of England First School	England average
Overview
Our score	B76/100Stronger figure	D51/100
Local ranking	341st of 391 in Hertfordshire Stronger figure	385th of 391 in Hertfordshire
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Voluntary aided school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-9	4-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	68	33
Capacity	60	57
Location	Royston, SG8 8AB	Barkway, SG8 8EF
Pupils
Pupils in the census	68	33
Free school meals (ever 6)	7.5%	50.0%
English as an additional language	4.4%	6.1%
SEN support	8.8%	9.1%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.9%	6.1%
Attendance
Overall absence	3.2% Stronger figure	12.7%	6.2%
Persistent absence	0.0% Stronger figure	33.3%	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.