Shefford Lower SchoolSouthill Lower School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Shefford Lower School and Southill Lower School are primary schools.

Shefford Lower School scores 70 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Southill Lower School scores 79 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Southill Lower School is ahead on our composite score.
Shefford Lower School was judged Good and Southill Lower School was judged strong.

Shefford Lower School versus Southill Lower School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	SheffordShefford Lower School	BiggleswadeSouthill Lower School	England average
Overview
Our score	B70/100	B79/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	69th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire	42nd of 92 in Central Bedfordshire Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: StrongStronger figure
School type	Community school	Community school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-9	3-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	518	75
Capacity	450	75
Location	Shefford, SG17 5XA	Biggleswade, SG18 9JA
Pupils
Pupils in the census	518	75
Free school meals (ever 6)	12.3%	6.8%
English as an additional language	2.5%	1.3%
SEN support	19.1%	2.7%
SEN with an EHC plan	4.4%	6.7%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.8%	3.9% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	10.9%	8.3% 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.