Lubbins Park Primary Academy

Lubbins Park Primary Academy is a strong school with a warm, respectful culture and high expectations for pupils. Behaviour and attitudes are exceptional, pupils are resilient and enthusiastic learners, and attendance has improved significantly after a period of high absence. Reading is a notable strength: phonics is taught well from the early years, staff receive high-quality training, and pupils become confident, fluent readers who enjoy reading. The curriculum is broad, balanced and ambitious from Year 1, pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported effectively, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. Staff are positive about workload, parents are supportive, and the trust provides effective support and challenge. The main areas for improvement concern consistency. In a few subjects, teachers do not check effectively enough what pupils can remember, so some pupils move on without secure foundational knowledge and are less able to build more complex ideas. In the early years, the curriculum does not yet set out all key knowledge clearly enough, and activities do not always build on children’s knowledge or develop their independence, so children are not as well prepared as they could be for Year 1. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the school is part of The Epsilon Start Trust. Under current inspection arrangements, no overall effectiveness grade is given; the school was previously judged good.

Strengths

• Broad, balanced and ambitious curriculum from Year 1 that builds knowledge coherently
• Teachers have good subject knowledge and plan exciting learning activities
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and the curriculum is adapted appropriately
• Staff are well trained to adapt teaching so pupils with SEND achieve well
• Reading is taught well from the early years and pupils become confident, fluent readers
• Highly effective behaviour policy results in exceptional and highly respectful behaviour
• Attendance has improved markedly through effective work with families
• Personal development programme broadens pupils’ horizons and prioritises well-being
• Staff enjoy working at the school and are positive about their workload
• Trust and trustees support and challenge the school effectively
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, teachers do not consistently check what pupils can remember, leaving gaps in foundational knowledge
• Early years curriculum does not clearly set out all key knowledge, so activities do not consistently build children’s knowledge or independence
• Children are not as well prepared as they could be for learning in Year 1

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 Lubbins Park Primary Academy attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.2% 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 Lubbins Park Primary Academy 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 Lubbins Park Primary Academy had 24.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 17.1% of pupils at Lubbins Park Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Lubbins Park Primary Academy received £6,138 and spent £6,245 for each of its 214 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £134,000 (£626 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of The Epsilon Star Trust, income was £6,180 and spending £6,133 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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Lubbins Park Primary Academy is part of The Epsilon Star Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Kents Hill Junior School Benfleet

What is Lubbins Park Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lubbins Park Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Lubbins Park Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Lubbins Park Primary Academy was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Lubbins Park Primary Academy have?

Lubbins Park Primary Academy has 211 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lubbins Park Primary Academy cover?

Lubbins Park Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Lubbins Park Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 86% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lubbins Park Primary Academy?

Lubbins Park Primary Academy is at May Avenue, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 7HF.