Rushcombe First SchoolHenbury View First School

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

Summary of the comparison

Rushcombe First School and Henbury View First School are primary schools in Wimborne.

Rushcombe First School scores 89 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional) and Henbury View First School scores 76 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Rushcombe First School is ahead on our composite score.
Rushcombe First School was judged Outstanding and Henbury View First School was judged Good.

Rushcombe First School versus Henbury View First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	WimborneRushcombe First School	WimborneHenbury View First School	England average
Overview
Our score	A89/100Stronger figure	B76/100
Local ranking	71st of 116 in Dorset Stronger figure	79th of 116 in Dorset
Inspection	Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	4-9	5-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	314	145
Capacity	308	154
Location	Wimborne, BH21 3PX	Wimborne, BH21 3TR
Pupils
Pupils in the census	314	145
Free school meals (ever 6)	6.7%	5.5%
English as an additional language	4.5%	2.8%
SEN support	14.3%	13.8%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.3%	1.4%
Attendance
Overall absence	3.9%	3.1% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	6.3%	1.7% 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.