Longford Park Primary School

Longford Park Primary is a happy, aspirational maintained primary school where pupils feel safe and behave well. Inspectors found an ambitious, carefully designed curriculum, generally strong teaching and good achievement for most pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Personal development is a particular strength, with extensive opportunities for character-building, pupil leadership, clubs, forest learning and community involvement. Safeguarding is effective. Leaders acted quickly after disappointing 2024 phonics results, and reading support is now consistent, though pupils' wider knowledge of authors, non-fiction and poetry is limited. In a small number of subjects, activities and resources are not consistently adapted for pupils with SEND, so a few pupils do not learn as well as they could. Attendance is mostly regular, and persistent absence among a small group, including disadvantaged pupils, is reducing through effective work with families. The inspection followed a previous Requires improvement judgement and found leaders, staff and governors working as a team with an accurate view of the school's strengths and priorities. This was a graded inspection under the 2024 framework, so no overall effectiveness grade was given.

Strengths

• Ambitious and carefully designed curriculum
• Strong teaching with clear explanations and effective checks on learning
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported through strong partnerships
• Consistent phonics teaching with books well matched to pupils' sounds
• Pupils behave well, are kind and respectful, and feel safe
• Exemplary personal development through STAR values and wide-ranging experiences
• Early years activities build curiosity, adventure and independence
• Effective leadership, governance and staff development
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective
• Attendance and persistent absence are improving through effective family work

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of subjects, activities and resources are not adapted well enough for some pupils with SEND
• Pupils' knowledge of authors, non-fiction texts and poems is not broad enough to support a wide enjoyment of reading

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Longford Park Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.4% of pupils at Longford Park Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Longford Park Primary School had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 30.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 31.2% of pupils at Longford Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Longford Park Primary School received £7,748 and spent £7,932 for each of its 224 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £169,000 (£756 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Longford Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Longford Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Longford Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Longford Park Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Longford Park Primary School have?

Longford Park Primary School has 224 pupils on roll.

What age range does Longford Park Primary School cover?

Longford Park Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Longford Park Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 45% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Longford Park Primary School?

Longford Park Primary School is at Windmill Road, Coventry, West Midlands, CV6 7AT.