Lawns Park Primary School

Lawns Park Primary School has shown significant improvement since its last inspection, moving from a 'Requires Improvement' rating to 'Good' in all domains. The school is characterized by a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and respected, and they show a strong enthusiasm for learning, which is supported by a well-designed curriculum that promotes engagement through a variety of subjects and extracurricular activities. The school's leadership team is focused on continuous improvement, particularly in reading instruction, which has proven effective in enhancing students' overall achievements.

Strengths

• Strong leadership team that has improved the quality of education
• Pupils feel safe and display positive behavior
• Engaging and well-designed curriculum across multiple subjects
• Effective teaching of reading, writing, and mathematics
• High levels of pupil enjoyment in learning and overall attendance
• Strong support for personal development and well-being
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Need for better systems to check pupils' understanding across all subjects
• Teaching not consistently precise, hindering deeper learning opportunities
• Some children in Reception, particularly disadvantaged and those with speech difficulties, making slower progress

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 Lawns Park Primary School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.3% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Lawns Park 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 Lawns Park Primary School had 26.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.8% 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, 23.2% of pupils at Lawns Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.4% 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 Lawns Park Primary School received £7,308 and spent £7,413 for each of its 233 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £116,000 (£501 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 Lawns Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lawns Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Lawns Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lawns Park Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Lawns Park Primary School have?

Lawns Park Primary School has 233 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lawns Park Primary School cover?

Lawns Park Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 40% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lawns Park Primary School?

Lawns Park Primary School is at Chapel Lane, Old Farnley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 5EX.