Langland Community School

Langland Community School is a small primary academy serving a community with many disadvantaged pupils and pupils with complex needs. This was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and it has not previously been inspected under section 5; it is part of The Northampton Primary Academy Trust. Inspectors found a school where pupils are proud of its values, behave well in lessons and achieve well because of an ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum and strong support for pupils with SEND. Attendance is very high, reading and phonics are taught expertly, and pastoral care for pupils and families is a notable strength. Personal development is exceptionally strong, with a wide range of experiences and clubs designed to prepare pupils for life in modern Britain. The main areas for improvement are in early years, where some planned activities are not purposeful or well designed enough to match the school’s ambitious curriculum, and at social times, where behaviour expectations are not always applied consistently and a small number of pupils can be unkind to each other. Published key stage 2 outcomes in 2024 were much lower than national averages, although they have improved since 2023 and current pupils are making good progress and closing gaps. The school has taken decisive action, including support for pupils who join at different points in the year. Safeguarding is effective, and the trust and governing body provide strong support and challenge.

Strengths

• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum from early years onwards
• Strong progress for all pupils, including those with SEND
• Highly skilled teaching, especially in phonics and reading
• Effective checks on learning and timely support for pupils falling behind
• Excellent work to improve attendance, including for disadvantaged pupils
• Calm and purposeful lessons with very little low-level disruption
• Exceptional personal development provision with trips, experiences and pupil-designed clubs
• Highly skilled pastoral team providing strong social, emotional and mental health support
• Positive and trusting relationships between pupils and staff
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Strong trust and governing body support and challenge

Areas for Improvement

• Some early years activities lack clear purpose and do not match the curriculum’s high ambition
• Behaviour expectations are not consistently applied at social times, leading to occasional unkindness between pupils
• Published key stage 2 outcomes in 2024 remained much lower than national averages, though improving

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 Langland Community School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.9% 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, 4.0% of pupils at Langland Community 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 Langland Community School had 22.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 22.7% of pupils at Langland Community School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% 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 Langland Community School received £8,766 and spent £9,897 for each of its 170 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £152,000 (£899 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Northampton Primary Academy Trust, income was £7,879 and spending £7,861 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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Langland Community School is part of Northampton Primary Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• East Hunsbury Primary School Northampton
• Simon de Senlis Primary School Northampton
• Abington Vale Primary School Northampton
• Ecton Brook Primary School Northampton
• Headlands Primary School Northampton
• Upton Meadows Primary School Northampton
• Blackthorn Primary School Northampton
• Lings Primary School Northampton
• Rectory Farm Primary School Northampton
• Thorplands Primary School Northampton

What is Langland Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Langland Community School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Langland Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

Langland Community School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Langland Community School have?

Langland Community School has 172 pupils on roll.

What age range does Langland Community School cover?

Langland Community School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Langland Community School?

Langland Community School is at Langland Road, Netherfield, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 4HA.