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Lambourn CofE Primary School

Primary · Hungerford · RG17 7LJ

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 July 2025

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At a glance

130 pupils · 62% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
29.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
23.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.lambourn.excalibur.org.uk
URN
146307

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 1 July 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 13 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

23 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
48%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school48%
Median of its 12 closest peers70%
West Berkshire average57.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Gosberton AcademySpalding · 111 miles awayGood80%
Ivington CofE Primary and Pre-SchoolLeominster · 72 miles awayNo current grade69%
Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary SchoolSolihull · 61 miles awayGood86%
Black Horse Hill Junior SchoolWirral · 147 miles awayGood44%
Kiveton Park Meadows Junior SchoolSheffield · 128 miles awayNeeds attention46%
Michael Syddall Church of England Aided Primary SchoolRichmond · 199 miles awayGood79%
Cranford Park Church of England Primary SchoolYateley · 33 miles awayGood61%
Trinity Academy RichmondRichmond · 201 miles awayGood84%
The Grange AcademyLetchworth Garden City · 65 miles awayExpected standard64%
Westfield Primary SchoolBerkhamsted · 44 miles awayRequires improvement30%
Bowness Primary SchoolBolton · 147 miles awayGood86%
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and AldhamColchester · 104 miles awayGood71%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (West Berkshire 74%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 5% (West Berkshire 4%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (West Berkshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (West Berkshire 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (West Berkshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (West Berkshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (West Berkshire 1%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (West Berkshire 2%, England 5%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.69 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · West Berkshire: 3.40 suspensions and 0.05 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

61% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% moved to another state school · 22% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

46.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,217; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£8,314
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£44,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier57.6%62.3%
Social housing18%17.1%
Privately rented24.4%20.5%
Detached houses45%22.9%
Flats14.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016304 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£318,000119 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£272,000–£440,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (39)£510,000
Semi-detached (45)£310,000
Terraced (31)£280,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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