Lindow Community Primary School

Lindow Community Primary School continues to be recognized as a good school, demonstrating a caring and supportive environment where pupils feel safe and happy. The school has worked diligently to improve its curriculum, providing a broad and balanced education that caters well to the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). High expectations for behavior and strong relationships among pupils foster a positive learning atmosphere, enhancing overall educational outcomes. However, some areas of the curriculum still require further development, particularly in a small number of foundation subjects where clarity on essential knowledge is lacking. This may hinder some pupils in building a comprehensive understanding of the subjects. Despite these areas for improvement, the school excels in creating a vibrant learning community that encourages leadership skills and a love for reading, contributing significantly to the pupils' well-rounded education.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and supported within the caring school community.
• Strong relationships are formed among pupils, who help and support each other.
• The school provides a range of leadership opportunities for pupils.
• The curriculum is broad and balanced, benefiting all pupils including those with SEND.
• Teachers have strong subject-specific knowledge and deliver the curriculum effectively in many subjects.
• Pupils read widely and benefit from a well-resourced library.
• Effective arrangements for safeguarding create a culture of care and vigilance.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum thinking in a small number of foundation subjects is underdeveloped.
• Teachers are not always clear about the essential knowledge pupils need to learn in certain subjects.
• Some pupils are not adequately helped to address gaps in their learning in foundation subjects.

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 Lindow Community Primary School attended 96.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.5% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Lindow Community 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 Lindow Community Primary School had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.0% 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, 9.2% of pupils at Lindow Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 2 pupils.

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 Lindow Community Primary School received £8,623 and spent £9,176 for each of its 152 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £164,000 (-£1,076 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 Lindow Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lindow Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Lindow Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lindow Community Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Lindow Community Primary School have?

Lindow Community Primary School has 152 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lindow Community Primary School cover?

Lindow Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 88% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lindow Community Primary School?

Lindow Community Primary School is at Upcast Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 6EH.