Lighthorne Heath Primary School

Lighthorne Heath Primary School continues to demonstrate good performance with a friendly and inclusive environment. Staff are dedicated to ensuring pupil safety and well-being, fostering a strong sense of community. The curriculum is broad and enriched with numerous opportunities for pupils to engage in extracurricular activities and responsibilities. However, there are challenges in the teaching of phonics for younger pupils and those who are behind, which may hinder some from becoming proficient readers.

Strengths

• Inclusive and friendly school environment
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
• Effective teaching methods in mathematics and reading
• Broad and interesting curriculum with various extracurricular activities
• Pupils behave well and have a sense of responsibility

Areas for Improvement

• Some younger pupils do not receive tailored phonics instruction
• A small number of pupils struggle to catch up in reading proficiency

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 Lighthorne Heath Primary School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.7% 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, 2.0% of pupils at Lighthorne Heath 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 Lighthorne Heath Primary School had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.0% 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, 30.8% of pupils at Lighthorne Heath Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.7% 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 Lighthorne Heath Primary School received £8,910 and spent £8,834 for each of its 116 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £60,000 (£514 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 Lighthorne Heath Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lighthorne Heath Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Lighthorne Heath Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lighthorne Heath Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Lighthorne Heath Primary School have?

Lighthorne Heath Primary School has 120 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lighthorne Heath Primary School cover?

Lighthorne Heath Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lighthorne Heath Primary School?

Lighthorne Heath Primary School is at Stratford Road, Lighthorne Heath, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV33 9TW.