Lambourn CofE Primary School

About Lambourn CofE Primary School

Lambourn CofE Primary School has been rated Good overall in its most recent Ofsted inspection, but the detail tells a more nuanced story. The school was previously judged as Requires Improvement in January 2023, so the upgrade to Good in July 2025 represents a significant turnaround. Inspectors awarded Outstanding grades for both personal development and behaviour and attitudes, while quality of education, early years provision, and leadership and management were all rated Good. On the most informative exam metric, just 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2 in 2023/24. That figure sits well below the West Berkshire local authority average of 57%, and it places the school 41st out of 57 primary schools in the area. Only 13% of pupils reached the higher standard across all three subjects, though individual subject scores were more mixed.

Looking closer at the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in both maths and writing, while 57% did so in reading. Average scaled scores were 102 for maths and 101 for reading, both close to the national benchmark of 100. The school’s ranking score of 48 places it in the bottom 50 nationally, and it sits in the 82nd percentile nationally, meaning roughly 82% of primary schools in England achieved a higher combined expected standard. That said, the school serves a community with 31.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average, and the small cohort of just 144 pupils means a few individual results can shift percentages noticeably. The parent view survey, based on 29 responses, shows 83% would recommend the school, and strong majorities agreed that children are happy and feel safe.

The school offers a nursery provision for children from age three and has capacity for 210 pupils, though it currently has 144 on roll. For the 2025/26 reception intake, all 13 places were filled by first-preference applicants, with no oversubscription. Facilities include a library, music rooms, ICT suite, art studios, playing fields, a gymnasium, sports hall, forest school and a chapel. Sports on offer range from cross country and football to tennis, cricket and swimming, while clubs include coding, chess, gardening and choir. The school has identified SEND provisions covering specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, visual impairment, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. This is a small village school that has clearly improved its Ofsted rating recently, and it may particularly suit families who value the strong personal development and behaviour focus highlighted by inspectors.

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