Shepley First SchoolBirdsedge First School

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

Summary of the comparison

Shepley First School and Birdsedge First School are primary schools in Huddersfield.

Shepley First School scores 74 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Birdsedge First School scores 71 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Shepley First School is ahead on our composite score.
Shepley First School was judged Good and Birdsedge First School was judged Good.

Shepley First School versus Birdsedge First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	HuddersfieldShepley First School	HuddersfieldBirdsedge First School	England average
Overview
Our score	B74/100Stronger figure	B71/100
Local ranking	101st of 126 in Kirklees Stronger figure	109th of 126 in Kirklees
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	4-10	4-10
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	168	59
Capacity	180	90
Location	Huddersfield, HD8 8DD	Huddersfield, HD8 8XR
Pupils
Pupils in the census	172	55
Free school meals (ever 6)	9.9%	25.4%
English as an additional language	0.6%	0.0%
SEN support	7.6%	12.7%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.7%	10.9%
Attendance
Overall absence	3.6% Stronger figure	4.9%	6.2%
Persistent absence	4.9% Stronger figure	8.9%	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.