Thomas Johnson Lower SchoolCranfield Church of England Academy

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

Summary of the comparison

Thomas Johnson Lower School and Cranfield Church of England Academy are primary schools in Bedford.

Thomas Johnson Lower School scores 70 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Cranfield Church of England Academy scores 64 out of 100 (grade C, average). Thomas Johnson Lower School is ahead on our composite score.
Thomas Johnson Lower School was judged Good and Cranfield Church of England Academy was judged Good.

Thomas Johnson Lower School versus Cranfield Church of England Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	BedfordThomas Johnson Lower School	BedfordCranfield Church of England Academy	England average
Overview
Our score	B70/100Stronger figure	C64/100
Local ranking	70th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire Stronger figure	86th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-9	2-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	91	516
Capacity	110	450
Location	Bedford, MK43 0SB	Bedford, MK43 0DR
Pupils
Pupils in the census	91	516
Free school meals (ever 6)	8.6%	6.5%
English as an additional language	0.0%	8.7%
SEN support	11.0%	10.1%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.1%	3.1%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.7%	4.2% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	11.8% Stronger figure	12.3%	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.