Loughton Manor First School

Loughton Manor First School is performing well and has been rated as good in overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management, with outstanding ratings in personal development and early years provision. The school has a strong sense of community, and pupils thrive in a nurturing environment where they feel safe and valued. Although the school faced a lengthy gap since its last graded inspection due to the pandemic and previous exemptions, it has made substantial progress in establishing an ambitious curriculum that promotes learning across subjects. Staff creates a culture of joy and eagerness to learn among the pupils, who engage in a wide range of activities that support their social and educational development.

Strengths

• Pupils have excellent attitudes to learning and enjoy being at the school.
• The school offers a wide range of extra activities for pupils.
• There is a strong focus on reading and phonics teaching.
• Pupils with SEND receive well-planned support.
• The school effectively addresses barriers to participation in activities.
• Early years provision is exceptional, with children well-prepared for Year 1.
• Pupils' personal development is exceptionally well considered.

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of foundation subjects, the curriculum is not yet fully secure.

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 Loughton Manor First School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.4% 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 Loughton Manor 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 Loughton Manor First School had 23.6 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, 6.8% of pupils at Loughton Manor First School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 Loughton Manor First School received £7,583 and spent £7,940 for each of its 204 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £65,000 (£318 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 Loughton Manor First School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Loughton Manor First School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Loughton Manor First School last inspected by Ofsted?

Loughton Manor First School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Loughton Manor First School have?

Loughton Manor First School has 206 pupils on roll.

What age range does Loughton Manor First School cover?

Loughton Manor First School for pupils aged 2 to 7.

Where is Loughton Manor First School?

Loughton Manor First School is at Paynes Drive, Loughton, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK5 8FA.