Laurel Lane Primary School

Laurel Lane Primary School is an inclusive and welcoming school where pupils are happy, feel safe and behave well. The school has experienced significant leadership change and is part of Frays Academy Trust. Behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision are all good, while the quality of education requires improvement. Pastoral support is a notable strength, attendance is improving, and early years children achieve well and are well prepared for Year 1.

Strengths

• Inclusive and welcoming school where pupils feel safe and supported
• Pupils are happy and behave well in lessons and at break times
• Effective safeguarding arrangements are in place
• Strong pastoral support for pupils and families
• Clear behaviour policy with swift action on incidents
• Attendance is improving through close work with families
• Strong early years provision with secure social and emotional development
• Curriculum is well sequenced and builds learning over time
• Phonics teaching is delivered well with regular progress checks
• Strong focus on personal development and celebration of diversity
• Well led school with clear priorities and supported staff

Areas for Improvement

• Quality of education requires improvement
• Curriculum is not implemented well across the school
• Some staff lack sufficient subject knowledge to deliver the curriculum effectively
• Assessment is not used with precision to check pupils' understanding
• Errors and misconceptions are not routinely identified or addressed
• Some pupils, including those with SEND, develop gaps in their learning
• Pupils do not consistently achieve strong outcomes, including in national assessments
• Some pupils struggle to blend sounds, making reading laboured

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 Laurel Lane Primary School attended 92.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.1% 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, 1.9% of pupils at Laurel Lane Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 2 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 Laurel Lane Primary School had 15.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.0% 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, 21.3% of pupils at Laurel Lane Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.4% 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 2024–25 Laurel Lane Primary School received £9,282 and spent £9,848 for each of its 295 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £735,000 (£2,494 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Ldbs Frays Academy Trust, income was £7,789 and spending £7,976 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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Laurel Lane Primary School is part of Ldbs Frays Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• St Martin's Church of England Primary School West Drayton
• St Matthew's CofE Primary School West Drayton
• Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School Uxbridge
• Keep Hatch Primary School Wokingham
• All Saints Church of England Primary School Wokingham
• Beechwood Primary School Reading

What is Laurel Lane Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Laurel Lane Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Laurel Lane Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Laurel Lane Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Laurel Lane Primary School have?

Laurel Lane Primary School has 267 pupils on roll.

What age range does Laurel Lane Primary School cover?

Laurel Lane Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 40% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Laurel Lane Primary School?

Laurel Lane Primary School is at Laurel Lane, West Drayton, Middlesex, UB7 7TX.