Lethbridge Primary School

Lethbridge Primary School has been confirmed as a good school, continuing to thrive under strong leadership and a well-designed curriculum. Pupils take pride in their school and engage enthusiastically in both their academic and extracurricular activities. Leaders maintain high expectations, and the school community contributes positively to each other's well-being, with strong relationships and effective support systems in place, especially for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). While there are many strengths, particularly in reading and mathematics, there are outlined areas for improvement regarding clarity in subject knowledge across the curriculum.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit high levels of enthusiasm for learning.
• Leaders provide a rich and ambitious curriculum.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Strong emphasis on reading with a diverse selection of texts.
• Extracurricular activities greatly enhance pupils' learning experiences.
• Pupils demonstrate excellent behavior and strong relationships with adults.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack precise identification of essential knowledge and vocabulary.

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 Lethbridge Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.9% 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 Lethbridge 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 Lethbridge Primary School had 25.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.1% 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, 10.2% of pupils at Lethbridge Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 2024–25 Lethbridge Primary School received £6,039 and spent £6,330 for each of its 476 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £136,000 (-£285 per pupil).

Across all 25 schools of The Blue Kite Academy Trust, income was £6,244 and spending £6,337 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Swindon · Swindon local authority: places and applications

Lethbridge Primary School is part of The Blue Kite Academy Trust, which runs 27 schools. The nearest others:

• Lawn Primary and Nursery School Swindon
• Robert Le Kyng Primary School Swindon
• Oaktree Nursery and Primary School Swindon
• Even Swindon Primary School Swindon
• Ferndale Primary School & Nursery Swindon
• Badbury Park Primary School Swindon
• Colebrook Infant Academy Swindon
• Covingham Park Primary School Swindon
• Beechcroft Infant School Swindon
• Greenmeadow Primary School Swindon

What is Lethbridge Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lethbridge Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Lethbridge Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lethbridge Primary School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Lethbridge Primary School have?

Lethbridge Primary School has 472 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lethbridge Primary School cover?

Lethbridge Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lethbridge Primary School?

Lethbridge Primary School is at Lethbridge Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 4BY.