The Grove Infant and Nursery SchoolCrabtree Infants' School

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

Summary of the comparison

The Grove Infant and Nursery School and Crabtree Infants' School are primary schools in Harpenden.

The Grove Infant and Nursery School scores 88 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional) and Crabtree Infants' School scores 92 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional). Crabtree Infants' School is ahead on our composite score.
The Grove Infant and Nursery School was judged Outstanding and Crabtree Infants' School was judged Outstanding.

The Grove Infant and Nursery School versus Crabtree Infants' School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	HarpendenThe Grove Infant and Nursery School	HarpendenCrabtree Infants' School	England average
Overview
Our score	A88/100	A92/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	326th of 391 in Hertfordshire	323rd of 391 in Hertfordshire Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Outstanding	Ofsted: Outstanding
School type	Community school	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-7	4-7
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	265	180
Capacity	270	180
Location	Harpenden, AL5 1QD	Harpenden, AL5 5PU
Pupils
Pupils in the census	265	180
Free school meals (ever 6)	3.1%	2.2%
English as an additional language	8.3%	25.0%
SEN support	10.6%	3.9%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.1%	1.1%
Attendance
Overall absence	3.6%	2.8% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	8.9%	1.6% Stronger figure	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.