Lambton Primary School

Lambton Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school since the last inspection in April 2019. The school provides a welcoming environment where children feel safe and ready to learn, underpinned by staff with strong subject knowledge and an ambitious curriculum. All pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), benefit from the inclusive approach, showing engagement and enjoyment in their learning activities. That said, there are some concerns regarding inconsistent behaviour management, which affects the perceptions of fairness among some pupils and parents.

Strengths

• Welcoming environment where pupils feel safe and ready to learn.
• Strong subject knowledge among staff across the curriculum.
• Inclusive support for pupils with SEND, ensuring they access all learning.
• Ambitious curriculum organized logically to build pupils' knowledge over time.
• Effective prioritization of early reading and phonics instruction.
• High-quality and diverse reading opportunities for older pupils.
• Strong emphasis on developing leadership skills and personal interests.
• Supportive school culture promoting respect and understanding of diversity.

Areas for Improvement

• Handwriting skills of pupils are under-developed.
• Inconsistent behaviour management affecting some pupils' learning.

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 Lambton Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.6% 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, 4.4% of pupils at Lambton 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 Lambton Primary School had 21.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.1% 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, 22.9% of pupils at Lambton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% 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 Lambton Primary School received £7,965 and spent £7,705 for each of its 175 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £82,000 (£468 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 Lambton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lambton Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Lambton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lambton Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Lambton Primary School have?

Lambton Primary School has 179 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lambton Primary School cover?

Lambton Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 38% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lambton Primary School?

Lambton Primary School is at Caradoc Close, Lambton Village, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE38 0PL.