Lyons Hall School

Lyons Hall School has undergone its first inspection in over a decade and has been found to provide good overall effectiveness with outstanding quality of education and personal development. The school has a strong curriculum that enables pupils to build knowledge and skills effectively. While pupils enjoy a safe and supportive learning environment, there are slight concerns related to some students' ability to settle and focus during transitions between activities. The headteacher and leadership team are committed to improving staff support to ensure all educators meet high expectations consistently.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve exceptionally well and are proud of their school.
• The curriculum is ambitious and helps pupils make strong connections in their learning.
• Reading is prioritized and integrated well throughout the curriculum.
• Pupils with SEND make very good progress alongside their peers.
• Effective safeguarding measures create a positive culture for student safety.

Areas for Improvement

• A small number of staff do not consistently reinforce high expectations for learning behaviours.

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 Lyons Hall School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.5% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Lyons Hall 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 Lyons Hall School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.1% 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, 10.6% of pupils at Lyons Hall School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% 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 Lyons Hall School received £7,357 and spent £7,254 for each of its 558 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,079,000 (£1,933 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Learning Pathways Academy, income was £7,396 and spending £7,366 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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Lyons Hall School is part of Learning Pathways Academy, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Braiswick Primary School Colchester
• White Hall Academy and Nursery Clacton-On-Sea

What is Lyons Hall School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lyons Hall School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Lyons Hall School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lyons Hall School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Lyons Hall School have?

Lyons Hall School has 558 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lyons Hall School cover?

Lyons Hall School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Lyons Hall School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lyons Hall School?

Lyons Hall School is at Deerleap Way, Braintree, Essex, CM7 9FH.