St Nicholas Church of England First SchoolBirches First School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Nicholas Church of England First School and Birches First School are primary schools in Wolverhampton.

St Nicholas Church of England First School scores 74 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Birches First School scores 72 out of 100 (grade B, strong). St Nicholas Church of England First School is ahead on our composite score.
St Nicholas Church of England First School was judged Good and Birches First School was judged Good.

St Nicholas Church of England First School versus Birches First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	WolverhamptonSt Nicholas Church of England First School	WolverhamptonBirches First School	England average
Overview
Our score	B74/100Stronger figure	B72/100
Local ranking	228th of 285 in Staffordshire Stronger figure	249th of 285 in Staffordshire
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Academy converter	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-9	3-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	339	175
Capacity	300	150
Location	Wolverhampton, WV8 1AN	Wolverhampton, WV8 2JG
Pupils
Pupils in the census	342	180
Free school meals (ever 6)	8.4%	6.1%
English as an additional language	2.9%	2.8%
SEN support	11.1%	16.7%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.6%	2.2%
Attendance
Overall absence	3.5% Stronger figure	4.2%	6.2%
Persistent absence	5.1% Stronger figure	9.0%	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.