Lawford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Manningtree · CO11 2FR
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 1 March 2022
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349 pupils · 97% of 360 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 6.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 4.6% of pupils
- SEN support
- 13.1% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.6% of pupils
- Website
- www.lawford.essex.sch.uk
- URN
- 115297
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.90 first-choice applications per place41 places offered · 37 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
33 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 1 March 2022: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Manningtree High School
- Highfields Primary School
- Stourview Church of England Primary Academy
- Brooklands Primary School
- Dedham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Ardleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy
- East Bergholt High School
- St George's Church of England Primary School, Great Bromley