Lambley Primary School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
173
AGES
4 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Community school
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This pupil heat map shows where pupils currently attending the school live.
The concentration of pupils shows likelihood of admission based on distance criteria

Source: All attending pupils National School Census Data, ONS
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This School Guide heat map has been plotted using official pupil data taken from the last School Census collected by the Department for Education. It is a visualisation of where pupils lived at the time of the annual School Census.

Our heat maps use groups of postcodes, not individual postcodes, and have naturally soft edges. All pupils are included in the mapping (i.e. children with siblings already at the school, high priority pupils and selective and/or religious admissions) but we may have removed statistical ‘outliers’ with more remote postcodes that do not reflect majority admissions.

For some schools, the heat map may be a useful indicator of the catchment area but our heat maps are not the same as catchment area maps. Catchment area maps, published by the school or local authority, are based on geographical admissions criteria and show actual cut-off distances and pre-defined catchment areas for a single admission year.

This information is provided as a guide only. The criteria in which schools use to allocate places in the event that they are oversubscribed can and do vary between schools and over time. These criteria can include distance from the school and sometimes specific catchment areas but can also include, amongst others, priority for siblings, children of a particular faith or specific feeder schools. Living in an area where children have previously attended a school does not guarantee admission to the school in future years. Always check with the school’s own admission authority for the current admission arrangements.

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  1. Look at our school catchment area guide for more information on heat maps. They give a useful indicator of the general areas that admit pupils to the school. This visualisation is based on all attending pupils present at the time of the annual School Census.
  2. Use the link to the Local Authority Contact (above) to find catchment area information based on a single admission year. This is very important if you are considering applying to a school.
  3. On each school page, use the link to visit the school website and find information on individual school admissions criteria. Geographical criteria are only applied after pupils have been admitted on higher priority criteria such as Looked After Children, SEN, siblings, etc.

How Does The School Perform?

Good
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted Inspection
(04/05/2023)
Full Report - All Reports
83%
NATIONAL AVG. 60%
% pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics



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Progress Compared With All Other Schools

UNLOCK Well Below Average (About 9% of schools in England) Below Average (About 9% of schools in England) Average (About 67% of schools in England) Above Average (About 6% of schools in England) Well Above Average (About 9% of schools in England) UNLOCK Well Below Average (About 10% of schools in England) Below Average (About 9% of schools in England) Average (About 67% of schools in England) Above Average (About 6% of schools in England) Well Above Average (About 8% of schools in England) UNLOCK Well Below Average (About 10% of schools in England) Below Average (About 11% of schools in England) Average (About 59% of schools in England) Above Average (About 11% of schools in England) Well Above Average (About 9% of schools in England)
Catfoot Lane
Lambley
Nottingham
NG4 4QF
01159313515

School Description

The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Since your appointment as headteacher, you have brought enthusiasm, energy and clarity of vision to the school. You have built a team that is committed to doing its best for pupils. You have developed new leaders who understand the school’s priorities. Everyone understands how they can contribute to the school’s improvement. You have maintained and built upon the positive culture seen at the last inspection. You have strong support from parents, carers, staff and pupils. Parents appreciate that their children settle quickly into the early years and are making good progress. Pupils enjoy coming to school and attendance is above the national average. Pupils who spoke with me during the inspection told me that behaviour is good and bullying is very rare. During the inspection, pupils also told me that they enjoy a wide range of out-of-school activities, including sports, arts and study clubs. Pupils are proud of their achievements, particularly the choir’s success at the Young Voices festival in Sheffield. Older pupils explained how they have been trained to be play leaders. The pupils say that helping the younger children helps them to be more responsible and it gives them ‘a nice feeling inside when the children say thank you’. You have welcomed and acted upon the advice, challenge and support from the local authority and the Candleby Lane Teaching School Alliance. This advice has helped you to secure your understanding of the school’s strengths and weaknesses. As a result, the school’s improvement plan priorities are appropriate. The plan has clear mid-year checkpoints so governors can see if the school is on track to achieve targets. The members of the governing body are very skilled and experienced. They provide you with good levels of both support and challenge to improve. Since the last inspection, you have ensured that teachers provide clear and consistent advice about how pupils should present their work. Pupils respond well to this guidance and take a pride in their books. Handwriting has improved since the last inspection. At the time of the last inspection, leaders were asked to raise teachers’ expectations even higher and to maximise pupils’ good attitudes. Pupils now take greater pride in their work because you and your team have high and consistent expectations. For example, pupils underline titles with a ruler and take care to write neatly. Pupils have good attitudes to learning. Pupils explained to me that the ‘Lambley Way’ means that they should ‘reach for the stars’ and this can mean tackling difficult things, such as ‘understanding the relationship between fractions, decimals and percentages’. Since the last inspection, you have improved teaching in mathematics by providing teachers with guidance, training and support to improve their planning for lessons. This work is having a positive impact and most pupils’ progress in this subject is good and improving. However, you recognise that further work is still needed to ensure that all teachers are confident in providing the challenge needed for the most able pupils. You and your team are providing the support where needed. Although pupils’ attainment in reading at the end of key stage 2 was broadly in line with the national average in 2017, pupils’ progress was significantly lower than the national average. You are working effectively to improve reading by learning from successful practice in other schools and through giving teachers much clearer guidance and training in the teaching of reading. These actions are leading to improved progress in reading, but this area remains a high priority for the school. With help from the local authority, you have strengthened the systems for supporting disadvantaged pupils. You agree that this work is not fully embedded. You also acknowledge that the pupil premium strategy needs to be updated, shared with governors and published on the school’s website. Safeguarding is effective. You have ensured that all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose. You have clear procedures for raising concerns. Safeguarding records are thorough and show that any concerns about a pupil are followed up very diligently. The school works well with parents and a range of outside agencies to ensure that children are kept safe and well supported. Staff are well trained. They have a good understanding about the signs of abuse and how to keep children safe. The governing body has a very good understanding of the importance of safeguarding and it makes regular checks to ensure that school policies are working well in practice. 2 Pupils enjoy coming to school. Pupils trust staff to deal with any concerns. Pupils told me that they learn how to keep themselves safe through regular assemblies, including a talk from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Pupils also say that regular practices help them to know what to do in a fire or other emergencies. Inspection findings During the inspection, I looked particularly at pupils’ reading skills in key stage 2, how effectively the most able pupils are challenged in mathematics and how well pupil premium funding is used to support disadvantaged pupils. You recognise that improving progress in reading is a high priority for the school. The school’s information about current progress and inspection findings show your work is having a positive impact to improve reading. You have improved the phonics teaching in the early years so that all children progress quickly and are well prepared for key stage 1. During the inspection, all pupils who read to me used phonics skills well to read unfamiliar words. You have established a very positive reading culture in the school. Pupils told me how they enjoy reading and how the school provides them with a good supply of interesting reading books. In order to secure the improvements in reading, you have also identified that teachers need clear guidance to ensure that pupils develop their understanding of what they read. During the inspection, I saw how this guidance is helping teachers to plan lessons to help pupils extend their vocabulary and understand more difficult texts. However, you recognise that the improvements in reading are not fully embedded across all classes. You agree that careful monitoring and support is needed so all teachers provide the same high-quality provision for pupils’ reading. You and the mathematics leader are providing good support to improve teaching and learning in the subject. This has led to improvements in pupils’ progress across the school. During the inspection, our visits to classrooms and sampling of work in books showed that pupils are getting more frequent opportunities to reason and to apply their skills to solve mathematical problems. Pupils, especially the most able, enjoy the challenge of the new mental calculation activities. However, these pupils are not always given challenging enough work in the main part of mathematics lessons. With guidance from the local authority, you have established a system for making more regular checks to ensure that the pupil premium funding is used to good effect. Early monitoring evidence shows a positive picture for these pupils’ progress. Pupils told me how additional activities are helping them to improve. Leaders do not yet ensure that precise information about the impact of additional activities funded by the pupil premium is regularly shared with governors and published on the school’s website.

Lambley Primary School Parent Reviews



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Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>65, "agree"=>31, "disagree"=>2, "strongly_disagree"=>2, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 52 responses up to 08-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>69, "agree"=>23, "disagree"=>8, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 52 responses up to 08-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>40, "agree"=>50, "disagree"=>8, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>2} UNLOCK Figures based on 52 responses up to 08-05-2023
My Child Has Not Been Bullied Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"my_child_has_not_been_bullied"=>81, "strongly_agree"=>2, "agree"=>8, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>4, "dont_know"=>6} UNLOCK Figures based on 52 responses up to 08-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>48, "agree"=>37, "disagree"=>12, "strongly_disagree"=>4, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 52 responses up to 08-05-2023
I Have Not Raised Any Concerns Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"i_have_not_raised_any_concerns"=>23, "strongly_agree"=>23, "agree"=>33, "disagree"=>8, "strongly_disagree"=>6, "dont_know"=>8} UNLOCK Figures based on 52 responses up to 08-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>50, "agree"=>50, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 10 responses up to 08-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>38, "agree"=>40, "disagree"=>13, "strongly_disagree"=>2, "dont_know"=>6} UNLOCK Figures based on 52 responses up to 08-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>48, "agree"=>42, "disagree"=>6, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>4} UNLOCK Figures based on 52 responses up to 08-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>40, "agree"=>40, "disagree"=>15, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>4} UNLOCK Figures based on 52 responses up to 08-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>56, "agree"=>37, "disagree"=>4, "strongly_disagree"=>2, "dont_know"=>2} UNLOCK Figures based on 52 responses up to 08-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>71, "agree"=>25, "disagree"=>4, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 52 responses up to 08-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>44, "agree"=>35, "disagree"=>15, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>6} UNLOCK Figures based on 52 responses up to 08-05-2023
Yes No {"yes"=>85, "no"=>15} UNLOCK Figures based on 52 responses up to 08-05-2023

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