Lyneham Primary School

Lyneham Primary School demonstrates a strong standard in providing education within a nurturing and highly inclusive environment. With leaders who prioritize a sense of belonging, pupils receive effective support, especially those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The school effectively engages with families and external professionals to promptly address the diverse needs of its student body, resulting in positive rapport and progress for many pupils, despite the challenges posed by high mobility rates. Although the school has introduced initiatives aimed at enhancing pupils' reading and mathematical skills, consistent high-quality teaching across all subjects remains an area for improvement.

Strengths

• Strong inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging among all pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
• High expectations for attendance and behavior are clearly communicated and understood.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum that prepares pupils well for future education.
• Pupils demonstrate strong values such as kindness and respect.

Areas for Improvement

• Need for consistent expectations for high-quality written work across all subjects.
• Inconsistencies in maintaining high-quality teaching across the curriculum and key stages.

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 Lyneham Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.0% 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, 2.2% of pupils at Lyneham 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 Lyneham Primary School had 16.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.1% 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, 17.0% of pupils at Lyneham Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 15 pupils.

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 Lyneham Primary School received £8,369 and spent £8,199 for each of its 305 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £52,000 (£172 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 Lyneham Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Lyneham Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lyneham Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Lyneham Primary School have?

Lyneham Primary School has 305 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lyneham Primary School cover?

Lyneham Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lyneham Primary School?

Lyneham Primary School is at Preston Lane, Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 4QJ.