Davies Lane Primary School

Davies Lane Primary School is performing exceptionally well, earning an overall outstanding rating across all inspected areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This inspection marks the school's first evaluation since it became an academy, highlighting its continued commitment to excellence. The school is part of the Arbor Academy Trust and demonstrates a strong sense of community where pupils feel safe, valued, and motivated to learn.

Strengths

• The school provides an ambitious and well-structured curriculum for all pupils.
• Pupils achieve highly in national assessments due to strong academic support from teachers.
• There is a strong focus on developing pupils’ communication and language skills.
• Pupils' behaviour is exemplary, with a culture of kindness and respect.
• The school offers a diverse range of extracurricular opportunities.
• Leaders prioritize staff development and well-being, maintaining high morale.

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 Davies Lane Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.7% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Davies Lane 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 Davies Lane Primary School had 23.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.2% 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, 8.0% of pupils at Davies Lane Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 28 pupils.

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 Davies Lane Primary School received £7,754 and spent £8,318 for each of its 927 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £157,000 (£169 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Arbor Academy Trust, income was £8,050 and spending £7,758 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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Davies Lane Primary School is part of Arbor Academy Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Selwyn Primary School London
• Northwold Primary School London
• Woodford Green Primary School Woodford Green

What is Davies Lane Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Davies Lane Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Davies Lane Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Davies Lane Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Davies Lane Primary School have?

Davies Lane Primary School has 927 pupils on roll.

What age range does Davies Lane Primary School cover?

Davies Lane Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Davies Lane Primary School?

Davies Lane Primary School is at Davies Lane, Leytonstone, London, E11 3DR.