Longshaw Primary Academy

Longshaw Primary Academy has been assessed as good overall, reflecting a strong quality of education, positive behavior, and effective leadership. Leaders have established a welcoming culture that promotes high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities. The school's early years provision stands out as outstanding, ensuring that children are well-prepared for their next stages of learning. The inspectors noted that teachers exhibit strong subject knowledge and generally provide clear instruction, although there are occasional lapses in checking pupils' understanding before introducing new content. The school, which has not been inspected previously under section 5, shows a commitment to continuous improvement and has built strong relationships with parents and the community. It effectively incorporates a variety of extracurricular activities, and pupils engage enthusiastically in learning. However, there is a need for further development in teaching strategies to systematically address misconceptions and deepen pupils' understanding, thus ensuring that they are fully prepared to master new concepts as the curriculum progresses.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community and inclusive culture.
• High levels of pupil happiness and motivation.
• Outstanding early years provision.
• Effective management of behavior with clear systems in place.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers.
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum.
• Good attendance and robust safeguarding arrangements.
• Positive parental engagement and support.

Areas for Improvement

• Occasional gaps in checking and clarifying pupils' understanding before moving on to new content.

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 Longshaw Primary Academy attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.4% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Longshaw Primary Academy 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 Longshaw Primary Academy had 25.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.8% 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, 14.0% of pupils at Longshaw Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.4% 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 Longshaw Primary Academy received £8,546 and spent £8,829 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £188,000 (£894 per pupil).

Across all 93 schools of United Learning Trust, income was £8,687 and spending £8,616 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 Waltham Forest · Waltham Forest local authority: places and applications

Longshaw Primary Academy is part of United Learning Trust, which runs 98 schools. The nearest others:

• Salisbury Manor Primary School London
• Walthamstow Primary Academy London
• Walthamstow Academy London
• Whittingham Primary Academy London
• Winston Way Academy Ilford
• Goresbrook School Dagenham
• Bacon's College London
• The Totteridge Academy London
• The John Roan School London
• Marylebone Academy London

What is Longshaw Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Longshaw Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Longshaw Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Longshaw Primary Academy was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Longshaw Primary Academy have?

Longshaw Primary Academy has 221 pupils on roll.

What age range does Longshaw Primary Academy cover?

Longshaw Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Longshaw Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Longshaw Primary Academy?

Longshaw Primary Academy is at Longshaw Road, Chingford, London, E4 6LH.