Lacewood Primary School

Lacewood Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspection areas. The school emphasizes pupil well-being and welfare, creating a safe and supportive environment where pupils feel respected and valued. Leaders have developed an ambitious curriculum with clear expectations that foster a love of learning. There is a strong commitment to personal development, with pupils participating in various roles and community activities that contribute positively to the school culture.

Strengths

• Strong commitment to pupil well-being and academic success.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff.
• Ambitious curriculum that adapts to meet the needs of SEND pupils.
• Effective phonics teaching and reading initiatives.
• Pupils have access to a variety of clubs and enrichment activities.
• Leaders promote safety and a healthy lifestyle among pupils.
• Responsive leadership with effective systems for improving attendance.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent approaches to ensuring pupils learn and remember new content.
• Missed opportunities for assessing pupils' understanding and adapting lessons.
• Lack of systematic analysis of safeguarding trends and patterns.

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 Lacewood Primary School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.8% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Lacewood Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were 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 Lacewood Primary School had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.0% 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, 19.0% of pupils at Lacewood Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.4% 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 Lacewood Primary School received £8,620 and spent £8,701 for each of its 229 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,000 (£9 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 Lacewood Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lacewood Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Lacewood Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lacewood Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Lacewood Primary School have?

Lacewood Primary School has 242 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lacewood Primary School cover?

Lacewood Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lacewood Primary School?

Lacewood Primary School is at Carr Head Lane, Bolton-on-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 8DA.