Loseley Fields Primary School

Loseley Fields Primary School is demonstrating good overall effectiveness with notable strengths in behaviour, attitudes, and leadership. The school fosters a caring and vibrant community where pupils feel safe and enthusiastic about their learning. Parents express high levels of satisfaction, particularly regarding the inclusive approach and individual support for students. While the school has made significant progress since its previous inspection, there are still areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that pupils retain key knowledge and refining assessment strategies in foundation subjects. This was the school's first routine inspection since the pandemic, and the context of its recent transition to a multi-academy trust adds to its ongoing development.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy and safe in a caring community.
• High expectations for pupil learning and behaviour.
• Outstanding personal development and leadership.
• Exceptional participation in extra-curricular activities.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils do not consistently remember key knowledge.
• Foundation subject assessments lack systematic checking for understanding.

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 Loseley Fields Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% 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, 3.9% of pupils at Loseley Fields 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 Loseley Fields Primary School had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.6% 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, 16.2% of pupils at Loseley Fields Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 1 pupil.

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 Loseley Fields Primary School received £7,394 and spent £7,458 for each of its 380 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £370,000 (£974 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of Learning Partners Academy Trust, income was £7,680 and spending £7,620 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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All schools in Godalming · Surrey local authority: places and applications

Loseley Fields Primary School is part of Learning Partners Academy Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Shalford Infant School Guildford
• Guildford County School Guildford
• Guildford Grove Primary School Guildford
• Kings College Guildford Guildford
• Surrey Maths School Guildford
• Sandfield Primary School Guildford
• Tillingbourne Junior School Guildford
• Stoughton Infant School Guildford
• Northmead Junior School Guildford
• Boxgrove Primary School Guildford

What is Loseley Fields Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Loseley Fields Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Loseley Fields Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Loseley Fields Primary School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Loseley Fields Primary School have?

Loseley Fields Primary School has 402 pupils on roll.

What age range does Loseley Fields Primary School cover?

Loseley Fields Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Loseley Fields Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Loseley Fields Primary School?

Loseley Fields Primary School is at Green Lane, Binscombe, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 3TB.