St Lawrence Church of England Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address Manor Lane
Wymington
Rushden
Northamptonshire
NN10 9LL
Phone 01933353530
Reference Number 109628

St Lawrence Church of England Primary School is performing well overall, with consistent evaluations of 'good' across various domains such as education quality, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The school has created a supportive and engaging environment where pupils feel safe and proud of their school. They benefit from high expectations from staff and a well-planned curriculum that promotes their personal growth and enthusiasm for learning. However, this is the school's first inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the lead inspector took this into account during the evaluation process.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 126
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.59%
Girls: 48.41%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 27%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 10.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 18.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 14
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 17.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 8 8 16
2 5 8 13
3 6 5 11
4 11 14 25
5 9 5 14
6 10 9 19

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 74.6%
White, Other 8.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 5.6%
African 3.2%
White & Black (African) 2.4%
Mixed, Other 1.6%
White & Asian 0.8%
Irish 0.8%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 01 Dec 2021
Date Report
01 Dec 2021 School inspection:
28 Nov 2017 Full inspection:
25 Sep 2012 Full inspection:
17 May 2011 Full inspection:
10 Jan 2008 Full inspection:
17 Mar 2003 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils feel safe and proud of their school.
  • Calm behaviour and high expectations lead to strong learning participation.
  • Well-planned curriculum supports key skills and knowledge.
  • Effective early years provision helps children settle and learn.
  • Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
  • Governors provide valuable support and challenge for improvements.

Areas for Improvement

  • Assessment approaches do not focus closely on checking pupil knowledge.
  • Some staff lack confidence in using the new phonics programme.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 68%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105
Maths 107

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.7
Writing -1.7
Maths 0.9

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 9 0
Third Preference 3 0
From another Local Authority 13 3

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