The Rushmere Park AcademyDovery Academy

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

Summary of the comparison

The Rushmere Park Academy and Dovery Academy are primary schools in Leighton Buzzard.

The Rushmere Park Academy scores 69 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Dovery Academy scores 89 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional). Dovery Academy is ahead on our composite score.
The Rushmere Park Academy was judged the expected standard and Dovery Academy was judged exceptional.

The Rushmere Park Academy versus Dovery Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	Leighton BuzzardThe Rushmere Park Academy	Leighton BuzzardDovery Academy	England average
Overview
Our score	C69/100	A89/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	73rd of 92 in Central Bedfordshire	35th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Expected	Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School type	Academy converter	Academy sponsor led
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	2-9	3-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	204	167
Capacity	150	150
Location	Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1EW	Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3AG
Pupils
Pupils in the census	204	167
Free school meals (ever 6)	29.8%	5.0%
English as an additional language	15.7%	6.6%
SEN support	12.3%	13.8%
SEN with an EHC plan	8.3%	3.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	6.1%	4.2% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	14.8%	5.4% 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.