Roecroft Lower SchoolGothic Mede Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Roecroft Lower School and Gothic Mede Academy are primary schools.

Roecroft Lower School scores 76 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Gothic Mede Academy scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average). Roecroft Lower School is ahead on our composite score.
Roecroft Lower School was judged the expected standard and Gothic Mede Academy was judged Good.

Roecroft Lower School versus Gothic Mede Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	HitchinRoecroft Lower School	ArleseyGothic Mede Academy	England average
Overview
Our score	B76/100Stronger figure	C67/100
Local ranking	46th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire Stronger figure	80th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	5-9	3-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	395	283
Capacity	450	300
Location	Hitchin, SG5 4PF	Arlesey, SG15 6SL
Pupils
Pupils in the census	395	283
Free school meals (ever 6)	8.3%	17.4%
English as an additional language	1.5%	3.9%
SEN support	6.8%	20.1%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.8%	7.4%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.3% Stronger figure	5.3%	6.2%
Persistent absence	6.1% Stronger figure	17.0%	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.