The Mary Bassett Lower SchoolPulford CofE VA Lower School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Leighton Buzzard.

Summary of the comparison

The Mary Bassett Lower School and Pulford CofE VA Lower School are primary schools in Leighton Buzzard.

The Mary Bassett Lower School scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Pulford CofE VA Lower School scores 75 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Pulford CofE VA Lower School is ahead on our composite score.
The Mary Bassett Lower School was judged Good and Pulford CofE VA Lower School was judged Good.

The Mary Bassett Lower School versus Pulford CofE VA Lower School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	Leighton BuzzardThe Mary Bassett Lower School	Leighton BuzzardPulford CofE VA Lower School	England average
Overview
Our score	C65/100	B75/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	84th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire	47th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Voluntary aided school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	2-9	2-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	383	264
Capacity	420	255
Location	Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1AR	Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1AB
Pupils
Pupils in the census	383	264
Free school meals (ever 6)	17.4%	4.5%
English as an additional language	19.3%	23.9%
SEN support	9.9%	9.1%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.6%	4.9%
Attendance
Overall absence	6.1%	3.0% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	19.7%	2.7% 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.