Laughton Junior and Infant School

Laughton Junior and Infant School has been assessed as good overall, marking a positive first inspection since becoming an academy. The school demonstrates a strong commitment to its core values of respect, reflect, and resilience, creating a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and happy. Leaders maintain high expectations across the curriculum, ensuring pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), receive adequate support and resources to thrive both academically and personally. However, there are noted inconsistencies in implementing the curriculum in key stage 1, with some areas still under development, particularly in early years education outside of English and mathematics.

Strengths

• High expectations for all pupils including those with SEND
• Well-planned and ambitious curriculum
• Strong relationships between pupils and staff
• Effective support for academic and personal development
• Commitment to promoting a love of reading
• Nurturing environment that fosters respect and inclusivity

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of the curriculum in key stage 1
• Lack of detailed planning in early years for subjects other than English and mathematics

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 Laughton Junior and Infant School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.7% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Laughton Junior and Infant 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 Laughton Junior and Infant School had 20.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 45.5% 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, 19.7% of pupils at Laughton Junior and Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 Laughton Junior and Infant School received £6,806 and spent £6,628 for each of its 198 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £82,000 (£413 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of James Montgomery Academy Trust, income was £6,982 and spending £6,835 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 Sheffield · Rotherham local authority: places and applications

Laughton Junior and Infant School is part of James Montgomery Academy Trust, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:

• Thurcroft Infant School Rotherham
• Anston Hillcrest Primary School Sheffield
• Kiveton Park Infant School Sheffield
• Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School Sheffield
• Bramley Sunnyside Junior School Rotherham
• Harthill Primary School Sheffield
• Brinsworth Howarth Primary School Rotherham
• St Ann's Primary School Rotherham
• Ferham Primary School Rotherham
• Meadow View Primary School Rotherham

What is Laughton Junior and Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Laughton Junior and Infant School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Laughton Junior and Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Laughton Junior and Infant School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Laughton Junior and Infant School have?

Laughton Junior and Infant School has 188 pupils on roll.

What age range does Laughton Junior and Infant School cover?

Laughton Junior and Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Laughton Junior and Infant School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Laughton Junior and Infant School?

Laughton Junior and Infant School is at School Road, Laughton-en-le-Morthen, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S25 1YP.