Lingfield Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Vicarage Road
Lingfield
Surrey
RH7 6HA
Phone 01342832626
Reference Number 125124

Lingfield Primary School is performing well overall, with a consistent good rating across all key areas including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school environment fosters a sense of community and belonging, where pupils feel safe and are motivated to excel. The leadership team, under the new headteacher, has set high aspirations and created a positive culture among staff and students alike. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that the curriculum is consistently challenging for all pupils to prepare them adequately for subsequent stages of education.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 441
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.15%
Girls: 47.85%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 21.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 30.2
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 29 31 60
2 33 27 60
3 24 32 56
4 30 26 56
5 26 31 57
6 30 29 59

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 83.2%
White, Other 3.2%
Mixed, Other 2%
White & Asian 1.8%
Unclassified 1.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.1%
Indian 0.9%
Asian, Other 0.7%
African 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 20 Apr 2022
Date Report
20 Apr 2022 School inspection:
21 Mar 2017 Short inspection
11 Sep 2012 Full inspection:
18 May 2011 Monitoring visit
03 Mar 2010 Full inspection:
29 Nov 2006 Full inspection:
10 Mar 2003 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Strong leadership has energized staff and created a positive culture.
  • Pupils are cheerful, content, and feel safe at school.
  • Effective teaching of phonics ensures early literacy success.
  • Pupils with SEND receive prompt and appropriate support.
  • A variety of creative approaches are employed in teaching subjects.
  • High aspirations and a commitment to personal development among leadership and staff.
  • Governance is robust, with governors actively challenging and supporting the school's priorities.

Areas for Improvement

  • Not all curriculum deliverables are effectively translated into demanding tasks for pupils.
  • Some work is not sufficiently challenging, hindering students from reaching their full potential.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 64%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 12%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 108
Maths 105

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.2
Writing -0.8
Maths -1.8

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 21 2
Third Preference 6 0
From another Local Authority 7 2

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