Lane Green First School

Lane Green First School has improved since its previous inspection and is now judged good across the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school has a warm and caring culture, and pupils benefit from strong, trusting relationships with adults. Recent curriculum changes have made learning more meaningful and enjoyable, and this work has also helped improve attendance. Safeguarding is effective. The school's main strengths include a well-ordered curriculum, clear teaching, strong phonics and early years practice, and a focused approach to vocabulary and communication. Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified and supported more effectively than before, and behaviour is calm and orderly. Leaders also benefit from federation support and effective governor challenge. Two areas still need work. Some pupils with SEND do not have work adapted well enough, which means they do not always achieve as well as they could. In addition, personal development does not yet prepare pupils sufficiently for life in modern Britain, particularly in developing their understanding of fundamental British values and the diverse groups and protected characteristics they will encounter.

Strengths

• Warm, welcoming culture with strong, trusting relationships between pupils and adults.
• Well-considered, logically ordered curriculum that is more meaningful and enjoyable.
• Consistent phonics teaching with careful assessment and targeted extra help.
• Strong early years provision with clear routines and carefully planned activities.
• Focused vocabulary teaching that improves pupils' language and communication.
• Calm, orderly lessons and well-organised social times.
• Effective identification and support for pupils with SEND, including specialist training.
• Good personal development provision with broader experiences and mental health support.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements.
• Strong federation and governor support that challenges and supports leaders.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum is not consistently adapted for pupils with SEND, so some do not achieve as well as they could.
• Personal development does not sufficiently prepare pupils for life in modern Britain, including understanding British values and diverse groups and protected characteristics.

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 Lane Green First School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.5% 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, 2.1% of pupils at Lane Green First 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 Lane Green First School had 20.7 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, 12.4% of pupils at Lane Green First School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 Lane Green First School received £7,961 and spent £9,140 for each of its 145 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £14,000 (£98 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 Lane Green First School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lane Green First School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Lane Green First School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lane Green First School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Lane Green First School have?

Lane Green First School has 145 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lane Green First School cover?

Lane Green First School for pupils aged 3 to 9.

Where is Lane Green First School?

Lane Green First School is at Bilbrook Road, Bilbrook, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV8 1EU.