Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School

Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School is performing well, maintaining its status as a good school. Pupils are well-mannered and engaged, demonstrating respect and safety in their interactions. The effective reading curriculum and dedicated staff support enhance pupils' learning experiences, fostering a positive school environment. Recent efforts have focused on improving reading support post-pandemic, particularly for those who face challenges in this area. However, some curriculum leaders must better nurture early years education to ensure a strong foundation for future learning.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate well-mannered and respectful behavior.
• Effective reading curriculum with skilled staff.
• Consistent assessment helps improve pupils' reading fluency.
• Strong systems in place for tracking and revisiting past learning.
• Pupils with SEND receive sensitive and personalized care.
• Pupils are encouraged to adopt healthy lifestyles through physical education.

Areas for Improvement

• The early years curriculum is not sufficiently developed in some areas.
• Some curriculum leaders lack confidence in monitoring early years provision.
• Improvements in curriculum and systems do not always occur swiftly.

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 Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.7% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant 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 Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School had 21.5 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, 13.7% of pupils at Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School received £7,242 and spent £7,275 for each of its 220 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £263,000 (£1,199 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 Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School have?

Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School has 226 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School cover?

Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School?

Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School is at Watkins Rise, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 1QB.