Lawn Manor Academy

Lawn Manor Academy has demonstrated a solid improvement in performance since its last inspection, achieving a good overall effectiveness rating. The school's leaders have effectively developed a well-structured and sequenced curriculum aimed at helping pupils know and remember more, alongside prioritizing personal development and inclusivity for all students, including those with special educational needs. Pupils generally exhibit positive behavior, a calm learning environment, and show a commitment to diversity and respect towards one another. Importantly, attendance has improved, although a minority of pupils continue to face challenges in this area.

Strengths

• Leaders have high expectations for all pupils.
• Pupils benefit from a rich range of enrichment clubs.
• The curriculum is well sequenced and carefully structured.
• Pupils with SEND learn successfully alongside their peers.
• Effective support for struggling readers enables them to catch up quickly.
• Most pupils enjoy attending school and disruption during lessons is infrequent.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects do not provide sufficiently demanding work leading to slower progression for some pupils.
• The behavior system is not effectively improving the behavior of a minority of pupils.
• Attendance interventions are not yet having the desired impact for some students.

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 Lawn Manor Academy attended 91.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 27.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 13.9% of pupils at Lawn Manor Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 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 Lawn Manor Academy had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 17.3% of pupils at Lawn Manor Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Lawn Manor Academy received £8,784 and spent £8,810 for each of its 940 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £347,000 (£370 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Ascend Learning Trust, income was £8,018 and spending £8,086 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 Swindon · Swindon local authority: places and applications

Lawn Manor Academy is part of Ascend Learning Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Noremarsh Junior School Swindon
• Royal Wootton Bassett Academy Swindon
• Kingsbury Green Academy Calne
• The Wellington Academy Ludgershall
• Wellington Eagles Primary Academy Andover
• Wellington Lions Primary Academy Tidworth

What is Lawn Manor Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lawn Manor Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Lawn Manor Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Lawn Manor Academy was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Lawn Manor Academy have?

Lawn Manor Academy has 969 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lawn Manor Academy cover?

Lawn Manor Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Lawn Manor Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 41.5, and 32% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Lawn Manor Academy?

Lawn Manor Academy is at Salcombe Grove, Swindon, SN3 1ER.