Landywood Primary School

Landywood Primary School is a happy, harmonious and deeply inclusive school where pupils feel safe and behave exceptionally well. Attendance is consistently above national averages, persistent absence is below average, and safeguarding standards are met. Inclusion is a particular strength: staff quickly identify barriers to learning and wellbeing, including for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and use additional funding carefully to support disadvantaged pupils. Leadership, governance, curriculum planning and personal development are all effective, and pupils benefit from a wide range of enrichment and extra-curricular opportunities. Early years provision is well thought out, with children settling quickly and most becoming ready for Year 1. Most pupils achieve well and are prepared for the next stage of their education, and the curriculum is carefully planned across subjects. Leaders have high expectations, know the school well, and provide appropriate professional development for staff. Governors offer suitable challenge and support, and staff feel valued. The school works positively with parents, carers and external agencies. There are still areas to improve. Letter formation and handwriting are not consistently secure, and some teaching does not use assessment information effectively enough to decide what to teach next. In early years, some teaching does not fully maximise high-quality interactions with children. Pupils' understanding in some aspects of personal development is less deep than it could be, and recent outcomes for disadvantaged pupils show wide attainment gaps in reading and mathematics. This was a full section 5 inspection of a larger-than-average primary school with nursery provision for 2-year-olds and below-average proportions of pupils eligible for free school meals and with SEND.

Strengths

• Deeply inclusive school with high aspirations for every pupil.
• Attendance is consistently above national averages and persistent absence is below average.
• Pupils behave incredibly well and are respectful, polite and supportive.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture of safeguarding.
• Staff quickly identify barriers to learning and wellbeing, including for pupils with SEND.
• Additional funding for disadvantaged pupils is carefully planned and used effectively.
• Most pupils achieve well and are prepared for the next stage of education.
• The curriculum is carefully thought out across subjects and based on educational research.
• Staff benefit from high-quality professional learning and coaching.
• Leaders have high expectations and accurately identify improvement priorities.
• Governors provide appropriate challenge and support to leaders.
• Pupils enjoy a wide range of extra-curricular activities and enrichment opportunities.
• Personal development is coherent and well planned, with pupils taking on leadership roles.
• Early years children settle quickly and most are ready for Year 1.
• Pupils feel safe and trust staff to keep them safe.
• Bullying is rare and dealt with quickly and sensitively when it occurs.
• Positive partnerships with parents, carers and the local community.
• Staff feel valued and supported by leaders.

Areas for Improvement

• Teaching of letter formation and handwriting requires improvement.
• Some teaching does not make effective-enough use of assessment checks to decide what to teach and when.
• Some early years teaching does not fully maximise high-quality interactions with children.
• Pupils' understanding in some aspects of personal development is less deep than it could be.
• Disadvantaged pupils' attainment gaps in reading and mathematics remain wide in recent outcomes.

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 Landywood Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.1% 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 Landywood 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 Landywood Primary School had 22.1 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, 13.0% of pupils at Landywood Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.2% 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 Landywood Primary School received £7,842 and spent £7,842 for each of its 408 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £149,000 (£366 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 Landywood Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Landywood Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Landywood Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Landywood Primary School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Landywood Primary School have?

Landywood Primary School has 408 pupils on roll.

What age range does Landywood Primary School cover?

Landywood Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Landywood Primary School?

Landywood Primary School is at Holly Lane, Landywood, Great Wyrley, Walsall, West Midlands, WS6 6AQ.