Langdon Primary School

Langdon Primary School continues to demonstrate effective performance following its previous inspection, with pupils feeling safe, happy, and well supported. The school's inclusion ethos fosters an environment where all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), are ambitious to reach their potential. Lesson engagement is high, and the behaviours displayed by pupils are exemplary, aligning well with the school's values of confidence, motivation, independence, and resilience. Despite these strengths, there are areas for refinement in the curriculum, particularly in ensuring that core knowledge is clearly outlined and effectively built upon, particularly in subjects like history and science.

Strengths

• Strong emphasis on pupil well-being and safety.
• High levels of engagement in learning.
• Effective support and adaptations for pupils with SEND.
• High-quality training for teachers.
• Strong focus on developing reading skills from early years.
• Consistent behaviour management resulting in exemplary behaviour.
• Variety of extracurricular opportunities enhancing wider learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum lacks clarity on specific knowledge in some subjects.
• Need for better connections between current and previous learning in subjects like history and science.

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 Langdon Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.4% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Langdon 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 Langdon Primary School had 15.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.5% 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, 26.9% of pupils at Langdon Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Langdon Primary School received £8,450 and spent £8,270 for each of its 93 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £106,000 (£1,142 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 Langdon Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Langdon Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Langdon Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Langdon Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Langdon Primary School have?

Langdon Primary School has 93 pupils on roll.

What age range does Langdon Primary School cover?

Langdon Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Langdon Primary School?

Langdon Primary School is at East Langdon, The Street, Dover, Kent, CT15 5JQ.