Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School

Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School is a strong school where pupils are proud of their community, behave well and achieve well across most of the curriculum. Inspectors found an ambitious, well-designed curriculum with reading at its heart, effective support for pupils with SEND, and outstanding personal development. Safeguarding is effective. This was the school’s first routine inspection since 2012 and since the pandemic, and it now has a new headteacher and nursery provision. Under the current framework, no overall effectiveness grade was awarded, but the school was judged good in quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and early years, with personal development judged outstanding.

Strengths

• Ambitious and well-designed curriculum that captures pupils’ interest
• Reading is central to the curriculum and pupils become accomplished readers
• Expert phonics support helps pupils at early stages of reading
• Effective support for pupils with SEND enables them to access the curriculum and wider school life
• Outstanding personal development with carefully planned character-building activities
• Pupils behave well and take good care of each other
• Staff help pupils develop self-assurance and resilience
• Governors and school share a clear vision for all pupils to achieve well
• Teaching staff are well supported so they do not feel overwhelmed by workload
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of subjects and aspects of the Nursery Year curriculum, intended learning is not clearly defined
• Where intended learning is less clear, teaching does not support pupils’ learning as effectively and the rate of acquiring new information slows
• Some pupils develop misconceptions that go unnoticed when intended learning is unclear
• Governors do not consistently ensure leaders are protected from unnecessary tasks that add to workload
• Some leaders spend time on time-consuming tasks with little impact on the quality of education, reducing capacity for strategic work

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 Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.1% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England 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 Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.8% 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, 9.4% of pupils at Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School received £6,484 and spent £6,484 for each of its 307 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £95,000 (£309 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 Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School have?

Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School has 307 pupils on roll.

What age range does Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School cover?

Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 91% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School?

Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School is at Whalley Road, Langho, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB6 8AB.