St Mary's CofE First School & NurseryFerndown First School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery and Ferndown First School are primary schools in Ferndown.

St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery scores 70 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Ferndown First School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery is ahead on our composite score.
St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery was judged the expected standard and Ferndown First School was judged Good.

St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery versus Ferndown First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	FerndownSt Mary's CofE First School & Nursery	FerndownFerndown First School	England average
Overview
Our score	B70/100Stronger figure	C66/100
Local ranking	97th of 116 in Dorset Stronger figure	107th of 116 in Dorset
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Academy converter	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	2-9	4-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	136	360
Capacity	184	342
Location	Ferndown, BH22 0JF	Ferndown, BH22 9FB
Pupils
Pupils in the census	136	360
Free school meals (ever 6)	21.9%	18.6%
English as an additional language	1.5%	6.1%
SEN support	12.5%	12.8%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.2%	3.9%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.8% Stronger figure	6.2%	6.2%
Persistent absence	12.2% Stronger figure	17.2%	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.