St Nicholas' Church of England Infants' School and Nursery Class, WallingfordBenson Church of England Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Nicholas' Church of England Infants' School and Nursery Class, Wallingford and Benson Church of England Primary School are primary schools in Wallingford.

  • St Nicholas' Church of England Infants' School and Nursery Class, Wallingford scores 69 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Benson Church of England Primary School scores 51 out of 100 (grade D, below average). St Nicholas' Church of England Infants' School and Nursery Class, Wallingford is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Nicholas' Church of England Infants' School and Nursery Class, Wallingford was judged Good and Benson Church of England Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Benson Church of England Primary School (62.0% in 2022-23, 34.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Nicholas' Church of England Infants' School and Nursery Class, Wallingford versus Benson Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WallingfordSt Nicholas' Church of England Infants' School and Nursery Class, WallingfordWallingfordBenson Church of England Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC69/100Stronger figureD51/100
Local ranking232nd of 236 in Oxfordshire 161st of 236 in Oxfordshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-7 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll173 313
Capacity180 315
LocationWallingford, OX10 8HX Wallingford, OX10 6LX
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported34.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported3.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported102.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported99.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census173 313
Free school meals (ever 6)17.1% 15.6%
English as an additional language8.7% 6.4%
SEN support30.1% 11.5%
SEN with an EHC plan3.5% 3.2%
Attendance
Overall absence5.6% 5.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence9.2% Stronger figure13.6% 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.

St Nicholas' Church of England Infants' School and Nursery Class, Wallingford

Benson Church of England Primary School

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