Rushcombe First SchoolSpringdale First School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Rushcombe First School and Springdale First School are primary schools.

Rushcombe First School scores 89 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional) and Springdale First School scores 91 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional). Springdale First School is ahead on our composite score.
Rushcombe First School was judged Outstanding and Springdale First School was judged exceptional.

Rushcombe First School versus Springdale First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	WimborneRushcombe First School	BroadstoneSpringdale First School	England average
Overview
Our score	A89/100	A91/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	71st of 116 in Dorset	48th of 65 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Inspection	Ofsted: Outstanding	Ofsted: Outstanding
School type	Community school	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	4-9	5-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	314	290
Capacity	308	300
Location	Wimborne, BH21 3PX	Broadstone, BH18 9BW
Pupils
Pupils in the census	314	290
Free school meals (ever 6)	6.7%	1.7%
English as an additional language	4.5%	1.4%
SEN support	14.3%	3.5%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.3%	1.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	3.9%	3.4% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	6.3%	2.5% 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.