Long Lawford Primary School

About Long Lawford Primary School

Long Lawford Primary School is a state-funded, mixed primary school in the Rugby area of Warwickshire, serving children aged 4 to 11. Within its local authority, it ranks 149th out of 196 primary schools, placing it in the bottom half of the table. The top-performing peers in the area include Mappleborough Green CofE Primary School, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, and Barford St Peter's CofE Primary School, all of which achieve significantly higher ranking scores. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Riverside Academy, about two kilometres away. Long Lawford itself received a Requires Improvement rating in its most recent graded inspection in July 2024, a downgrade from its previous Good rating in 2019. The school is led by headteacher Claire Stringer and has a capacity of 630 pupils, with 470 currently on roll. It is not a boarding school and does not offer nursery provision or a sixth form.

Academically, the school's Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show that 40% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. This is well below the Warwickshire local authority average of 62%. In reading, 63% reached the expected standard and 22% achieved a higher standard, while in maths the figures were 51% and 19% respectively. Writing saw 56% at expected and just 5% at a higher level. The school's average scores were 103 in reading and 101 in maths. Progress measures are not available in the data. The Ofsted breakdown from the 2024 inspection rated behaviour and attitudes, and personal development, as Good, but quality of education, early years provision, and leadership and management all require improvement. The school's ranking nationally places it in the bottom 10% of primary schools based on the combined expected standard metric.

The school offers a range of facilities including a gymnasium, music rooms, an ICT suite, a sports hall, playing fields, a library, and a chapel. Sports provision includes football, dance, rounders, cricket, cross country, swimming, and gymnastics, while clubs cover chess, drama, eco club, and film club. For SEND, the school supports a broad spectrum of needs including specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed, with 58 applications for 38 places and 36 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.53. This school may suit families who value a broad range of extracurricular activities and SEND support, but who are aware that academic outcomes are below the local average and that the school is currently working to improve its Ofsted rating.

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