Long Lane Primary School

About Long Lane Primary School

Long Lane Primary School in West Berkshire is a state primary for mixed pupils aged 4 to 11, and it is clearly a popular choice among local families. The school has 210 pupils on roll against a capacity of 218, so it is running very close to full. For the 2025/26 admissions round, the school received 73 applications for just 30 places, making it oversubscribed with an oversubscription ratio of 2.43. All 30 first-preference applicants were offered a place, which suggests that while demand is high, those who put it first have a strong chance. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is 9%, which is below the national average for primary schools, indicating a relatively affluent intake compared with the wider population. The school has no religious character and does not offer nursery provision, so it serves families looking for a straightforward primary route from Reception to Year 6.

Academically, Long Lane sits in the bottom half of West Berkshire primary schools, ranked 40th out of 57 on the key stage 2 reading, writing and maths expected standard metric. In the 2023/24 KS2 assessments, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in all three subjects, which is below the local authority average of 57%. Looking at individual subjects, 70% met the expected standard in reading, 63% in maths and 57% in writing. Higher-attaining pupils were less common: 30% achieved a higher score in reading, 20% in maths and just 3% in writing. Average scaled scores were 104 in reading and 103 in maths. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection in November 2024 was an ungraded visit that confirmed standards were maintained, and the school retains its overall Good rating from the previous graded inspection in 2015, when leadership and management and early years provision were also judged Good.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including a library, ICT suite, music rooms, sports hall, playing fields and a forest school area, plus clubs such as eco club, drama, choir, art, coding and gardening. Sports on offer include rounders, gymnastics, football, athletics and dance. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. Parent View responses from 105 families are overwhelmingly positive: 95% would recommend the school, and 99% of respondents strongly agreed or agreed that their child is happy here. The school suits families who value a well-subscribed local primary with strong pastoral care and a broad range of extracurricular activities, even if its academic outcomes are more modest than the top performers in the area.

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