Langold Dyscarr Community School

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address School Road
Langold
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
S81 9PX
Phone 01909730396
Reference Number 146963

Langold Dyscarr Community School has been recognized for its overall good performance, especially in providing quality education across various domains. The school shows strong leadership and management, effective personal development programs, and a positive community atmosphere with high expectations for student behavior and achievement. Parents and pupils express pride in the school's achievements and community involvement. However, this has marked the first inspection since the school's conversion to an academy, which makes the strong performance even more notable, as it builds on a previous inadequate judgment of the predecessor institution.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 307
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.14%
Girls: 48.86%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 26.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 30.5
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 21
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 37.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 20 13 33
2 22 16 38
3 25 18 43
4 29 23 52
5 20 18 38
6 15 25 40

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 90.2%
Mixed, Other 3.3%
White, Other 2%
Indian 1.6%
Chinese 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
African 0.7%
White & Asian 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 12 Sep 2023
Date Report
12 Sep 2023 School inspection:

Strengths

  • School has high expectations for pupils' behavior and achievement.
  • Reading is prioritized with a well-organized phonics program.
  • Curriculum is well planned and sequenced in most subjects.
  • Early years provision is good with clear routines and engaging activities.
  • Pupils with special educational needs receive appropriate support.
  • Community involvement through projects like the school allotment.

Areas for Improvement

  • Some subjects lack full planning and sequencing.
  • Assessment of outdoor activities in early years is insufficient.
  • Leaders do not consistently understand early years curriculum beginnings.
  • Derogatory, homophobic language occasionally goes unchallenged.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 38%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 3%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 101
Maths 100

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.4
Writing -0.2
Maths -0.1

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 5 2
Third Preference 3 0
From another Local Authority 1 1

Previous Years

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