The Willows School and Early Years CentreShepherdswell Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Milton Keynes.

Summary of the comparison

The Willows School and Early Years Centre and Shepherdswell Academy are primary schools in Milton Keynes.

The Willows School and Early Years Centre scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Shepherdswell Academy scores 68 out of 100 (grade C, average). Shepherdswell Academy is ahead on our composite score.
The Willows School and Early Years Centre was judged Good and Shepherdswell Academy was judged Good.

The Willows School and Early Years Centre versus Shepherdswell Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	Milton KeynesThe Willows School and Early Years Centre	Milton KeynesShepherdswell Academy	England average
Overview
Our score	C66/100	C68/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	77th of 86 in Milton Keynes	72nd of 86 in Milton Keynes Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	0-7	2-7
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	188	115
Capacity	225	180
Location	Milton Keynes, MK6 2LP	Milton Keynes, MK6 3NP
Pupils
Pupils in the census	188	115
Free school meals (ever 6)	31.0%	21.5%
English as an additional language	37.8%	52.2%
SEN support	25.5%	10.4%
SEN with an EHC plan	3.2%	3.5%
Attendance
Overall absence	5.9%	4.7% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	17.9%	17.1% 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.