Longleaze Primary School

Longleaze Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection in 2017. The school is a vibrant learning environment where pupils thrive and exhibit excellent attitudes toward their education. Leaders foster a strong culture of learning, ensuring that the curriculum is broad and engaging, effective support for staff, and a strong emphasis on reading. The school is well-supported by parents who express high satisfaction with the school's efforts in supporting their children's learning and well-being.

Strengths

• High expectations set by leaders and staff.
• Pupils demonstrate exemplary attitudes toward learning.
• Well-planned curriculum supports knowledge retention.
• Strong focus on reading from an early age.
• Supportive relationship between staff and pupils.
• Effective safeguarding measures in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Some younger pupils have gaps in their curriculum knowledge.

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 Longleaze Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.0% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Longleaze 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 Longleaze Primary School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.2% 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, 16.1% of pupils at Longleaze Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.4% 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 Longleaze Primary School received £6,629 and spent £6,632 for each of its 248 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £197,000 (£796 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 Longleaze Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Longleaze Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Longleaze Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Longleaze Primary School have?

Longleaze Primary School has 248 pupils on roll.

What age range does Longleaze Primary School cover?

Longleaze Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Longleaze Primary School?

Longleaze Primary School is at Byron Avenue, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN4 8BA.