Rushcombe First SchoolBroadstone First School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Rushcombe First School and Broadstone First School are primary schools.

Rushcombe First School scores 89 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional) and Broadstone First School scores 68 out of 100 (grade C, average). Rushcombe First School is ahead on our composite score.
Rushcombe First School was judged Outstanding and Broadstone First School was judged Good.

Rushcombe First School versus Broadstone First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	WimborneRushcombe First School	BroadstoneBroadstone First School	England average
Overview
Our score	A89/100Stronger figure	C68/100
Local ranking	71st of 116 in Dorset	62nd of 65 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Inspection	Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	4-9	4-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	314	307
Capacity	308	300
Location	Wimborne, BH21 3PX	Broadstone, BH18 8AA
Pupils
Pupils in the census	314	307
Free school meals (ever 6)	6.7%	10.8%
English as an additional language	4.5%	3.3%
SEN support	14.3%	8.8%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.3%	6.2%
Attendance
Overall absence	3.9% Stronger figure	5.9%	6.2%
Persistent absence	6.3% Stronger figure	12.1%	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.