Lantern Community Primary School

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, The Lantern Community Primary, inspected in October 2017.

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 Lantern Community Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.7% 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, 2.3% of pupils at Lantern Community 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 Lantern Community Primary School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.4% 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, 11.2% of pupils at Lantern Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 Lantern Community Primary School received £6,868 and spent £6,876 for each of its 400 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £462,000 (£1,156 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of Meridian Trust, income was £7,921 and spending £7,857 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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Lantern Community Primary School is part of Meridian Trust, which runs 36 schools. The nearest others:

• Ely College Ely
• Downham Feoffees Primary Academy Ely
• The Harbour School Ely
• Somersham Primary School Somersham
• The Martin Bacon Academy Northstowe
• Northstowe Learning Community Cambridge
• Histon and Impington Park Primary School Cambridge
• Histon and Impington Brook Primary School Cambridge
• Hatton Park Primary School Cambridge
• Swavesey Village College Cambridge

What is Lantern Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lantern Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2017 of its predecessor, The Lantern Community Primary.

When was Lantern Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lantern Community Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Lantern Community Primary School have?

Lantern Community Primary School has 448 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lantern Community Primary School cover?

Lantern Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Lantern Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lantern Community Primary School?

Lantern Community Primary School is at Nene Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2WL.