Landywood Primary School

About Landywood Primary School

Landywood Primary School sits within the Staffordshire local authority, a large county with 308 primary schools of the same type. Among those, it ranks 179th, placing it in the middle of the pack. Its local landscape in the South Staffordshire district includes three top-performing peers — St John's Catholic Primary School, Woodseaves CE Primary Academy, and Needwood CofE Primary School — all of which achieved perfect ranking scores. Landywood itself is a state-funded, mixed primary for children aged 2 to 11, with a nursery on site. It is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, 110 families applied for 61 places, with 67 listing it as their first preference. The school has a Good rating from Ofsted, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement judgement. Its most recent graded inspection confirmed the Good rating, and an ungraded inspection in 2022 found the school remains Good. Leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness were all rated Good.

Academically, Landywood's Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined was 50%, below the Staffordshire local authority average of 65%. This places the school in the bottom 50 nationally by this metric, ranking 17th out of 18 schools in the South Staffordshire district. Looking at individual subjects, 62% met the expected standard in reading, 81% in writing, and 56% in maths. The average scaled scores were 101 in reading and 100 in maths, both in line with the national average of 100. However, the proportion achieving the higher standard was low: just 4% across all three subjects, 15% in reading, 6% in writing, and 15% in maths. Progress scores are not available, so it is unclear how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points.

The school offers a range of facilities including a library, art studios, playing fields, a sports hall, a forest school area, and a chapel. Sports provision includes cross country, football, cricket, and swimming, while clubs extend to gardening, coding, film club, eco club, and art club. For children with additional needs, Landywood provides support for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and hearing impairment. With 11.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a broadly representative community. Given its oversubscription and Good Ofsted rating, Landywood is a popular local choice, particularly for families who value its nursery provision and forest school. However, parents focused on top-tier academic outcomes may want to compare results with the higher-ranked peers in the area.

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