Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery

Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery is a small, inclusive school that is generally performing securely. Key stage 1 pupils achieve well from their starting points, including in English and mathematics, and the 2025 phonics screening check results improved sharply to be in line with national averages. The key stage 1 curriculum is well organised, leaders have an accurate view of the school, and staff are proud to work there. Pupils are happy, behave well, and benefit from a strong personal development programme, extensive extracurricular opportunities and a well-regarded pastoral offer. Parents speak highly of the school, and safeguarding arrangements are met. The main areas for improvement are in the early years and attendance. Early years provision is not yet preparing children consistently well for Year 1: the curriculum does not always make clear the key knowledge children need, staff do not always check learning closely enough or adapt teaching, and arrangements for new children are not consistently applied. Some pupils also need stronger reading fluency. Attendance has improved but remains above national averages, with disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND still missing too much school. SEND targets are sometimes not helpful enough. Contextually, this is a small infant and nursery school in an area of well-above-average deprivation, with high proportions of pupils eligible for free school meals and SEN support. It has seen significant staffing and leadership changes since the last inspection, including a new headteacher and chair of governors. Leaders and governors are clear about what needs to improve and have already brought about improvements, particularly in phonics and inclusion.

Strengths

• Key stage 1 pupils generally achieve well from their different starting points.
• Phonics teaching has been revised and is working well, with 2025 screening results in line with national averages.
• The key stage 1 curriculum is well organised and builds knowledge logically over time.
• Leaders accurately identify pupils with SEND and share information effectively with staff and parents.
• The pupil premium strategy is well thought through and generally reduces barriers to learning.
• Leaders and governors have an accurate view of the school and have driven clear improvements.
• The school is inclusive, with pupils' needs identified, understood and catered for.
• Personal development is strong, including PSHE, modern British values and respect for difference.
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of extracurricular activities, woodland wellbeing and leadership roles.
• Behaviour is managed consistently, pupils are happy and bullying is rare.
• Pastoral support, including nurture and bespoke wellbeing sessions, meets pupils' emotional and mental health needs.
• The school is at the heart of its community and parents hold it in high regard.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years provision does not consistently prepare children well for Year 1.
• The early years curriculum does not always make clear the key knowledge children need to learn.
• Early years staff do not always check learning closely enough or adapt teaching when needed.
• Arrangements for children new to the early years, including Nursery, are not consistently implemented.
• Some pupils have not built up the reading fluency and confidence they should.
• Attendance remains too high, particularly for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND.
• Targets set for pupils with SEND are sometimes not as helpful as they should be.

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 Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.0% 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, 3.1% of pupils at Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery 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 Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery had 17.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 12.1% of pupils at Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery received £10,196 and spent £9,708 for each of its 92 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £141,000 (£1,529 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 Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery is Needs attention, from an inspection in February 2026.

When was Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery was last inspected in February 2026.

How many pupils does Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery have?

Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery has 99 pupils on roll.

What age range does Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery cover?

Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery?

Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery is at Sedgwick Street, Langley Mill, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 4DT.