Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School

Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School is currently rated as requiring improvement following its latest inspection. The school has faced significant challenges in leadership that have adversely impacted the quality of education. Despite this, the new leadership team is actively working to implement changes, and there is evidence of improvement in behavior management, with pupils generally showing kindness and respect towards one another. However, the overall academic outcomes remain below expectations due to a lack of consistent curriculum delivery and support for students, particularly in reading and early years education.

Strengths

• Pupils show kindness and respect towards each other.
• The new behavior management policy is effective.
• Pupils benefit from strong pastoral support.
• The personal, social, and health education curriculum is well-structured.
• There are opportunities for pupils to broaden their horizons, including cultural trips.

Areas for Improvement

• Quality of education and curriculum delivery is inconsistent.
• Leaders have not held individuals to account for performance rigorously.
• Support and training for staff on subject knowledge is insufficient.
• The early years curriculum lacks clarity and precision.
• Some pupils do not receive timely support for reading challenges.

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 Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School attended 92.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.1% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Tilney St Lawrence 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 Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School had 14.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 40.0% 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, 23.7% of pupils at Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.3% 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 Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School received £8,803 and spent £8,330 for each of its 359 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £15,000 (£42 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). This school files a single return with the other schools in its federation, so the figures are for the whole federation.

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What is Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School have?

Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School has 76 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School cover?

Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 29% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School?

Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School is at School Road, Tilney St Lawrence, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE34 4QZ.