Shillington Lower SchoolGravenhurst Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Shillington Lower School and Gravenhurst Academy are primary schools.

Shillington Lower School scores 68 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Gravenhurst Academy scores 80 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Gravenhurst Academy is ahead on our composite score.
Shillington Lower School was judged Good and Gravenhurst Academy was judged Outstanding.

Shillington Lower School versus Gravenhurst Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	HitchinShillington Lower School	BedfordGravenhurst Academy	England average
Overview
Our score	C68/100	B80/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	78th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire	38th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School type	Community school	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	2-9	5-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	104	72
Capacity	150	75
Location	Hitchin, SG5 3NX	Bedford, MK45 4HY
Pupils
Pupils in the census	104	72
Free school meals (ever 6)	8.4%	12.5%
English as an additional language	1.9%	1.4%
SEN support	20.2%	15.3%
SEN with an EHC plan	5.8%	2.8%
Attendance
Overall absence	6.9% Stronger figure	7.1%	6.2%
Persistent absence	8.5% Stronger figure	18.3%	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.