Vallis First SchoolHayesdown First School

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

Summary of the comparison

Vallis First School and Hayesdown First School are primary schools in Frome.

Vallis First School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Hayesdown First School scores 75 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Hayesdown First School is ahead on our composite score.
Vallis First School was judged the expected standard and Hayesdown First School was judged Good.

Vallis First School versus Hayesdown First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	FromeVallis First School	FromeHayesdown First School	England average
Overview
Our score	C66/100	B75/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	177th of 209 in Somerset	152nd of 209 in Somerset Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Academy sponsor led
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	4-9	5-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	207	299
Capacity	283	300
Location	Frome, BA11 3DB	Frome, BA11 2BN
Pupils
Pupils in the census	207	299
Free school meals (ever 6)	29.9%	11.0%
English as an additional language	6.8%	5.0%
SEN support	20.3%	11.4%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.4%	1.3%
Attendance
Overall absence	6.4%	3.0% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	16.4%	2.9% 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.