The Langley Academy Primary

The Langley Academy Primary is a diverse, highly inclusive primary school within The Arbib Education Trust. Inspectors found safeguarding standards met and many areas performing strongly: pupils' behaviour is excellent, attendance is above the national average, early years is a notable strength, inclusion is highly effective, and personal development and wellbeing are broad and well planned. Pupils feel safe, valued and well supported, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and other barriers to learning. Achievement and the consistency of curriculum and teaching are less strong than the school's other areas. Most pupils achieve broadly in line with national averages by the end of key stage 2, but disadvantaged pupils' outcomes are below national averages, particularly in mathematics and combined reading, writing and mathematics, and the disadvantage gap remains large. Leaders understand the school's priorities and are taking appropriate action, but this has not yet produced consistent improvements in pupils' learning experiences. The next steps focus on strengthening staff assessment skills so gaps in pupils' foundational knowledge are systematically checked and addressed, and on improving teaching consistency to raise outcomes at the end of key stage 2. Inspectors also noted occasional missed opportunities for timely feedback to help pupils secure core skills such as handwriting.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and supports pupils with SEND and other barriers
• Early years provision is a notable strength, with a nurturing environment and strong parent partnerships
• Pupils' behaviour and conduct are excellent, underpinned by warm and respectful relationships
• Attendance is above the national average, with persistent absence well below national
• Broad and coherent personal development programme prepares pupils well for modern Britain
• Extensive extra-curricular offer and pupil leadership roles, including sports, arts and the diversity committee
• Effective safeguarding culture where pupils feel safe and bullying is rare
• Strong governance and trust support, with leaders accurately aware of the school's priorities
• Staff are proud to work at the school and value professional development and wellbeing support

Areas for Improvement

• Achievement is not yet consistently strong; key stage 2 outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics are broadly in line with national averages
• Disadvantaged pupils' outcomes are below national averages, particularly in mathematics and combined reading, writing and mathematics
• The disadvantaged pupils' gap remains large, especially in mathematics and combined reading, writing and mathematics
• Assessment practice needs further development so staff systematically check and address gaps in pupils' foundational knowledge
• Teaching consistency needs strengthening to improve pupils' outcomes at the end of key stage 2
• Staff occasionally miss opportunities to give timely feedback that would help pupils secure core skills, such as handwriting

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 The Langley Academy Primary attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.5% 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, 0.1% of pupils at The Langley Academy Primary 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 The Langley Academy Primary had 24.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 30.9% 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, 9.4% of pupils at The Langley Academy Primary 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 2024–25 The Langley Academy Primary received £6,773 and spent £6,575 for each of its 661 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £591,000 (£894 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of The Arbib Education Trust, income was £7,473 and spending £7,485 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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The Langley Academy Primary is part of The Arbib Education Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• The Langley Academy Slough
• The Langley Heritage Primary Slough

What is The Langley Academy Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Langley Academy Primary is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was The Langley Academy Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

The Langley Academy Primary was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does The Langley Academy Primary have?

The Langley Academy Primary has 679 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Langley Academy Primary cover?

The Langley Academy Primary for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are The Langley Academy Primary's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is The Langley Academy Primary?

The Langley Academy Primary is at Langley Road, Langley, Slough, Berkshire, SL3 7EF.