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Ladysmith Infant & Nursery School

Primary · Exeter · EX1 2PS

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Requires improvement

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.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 21 February 2023

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At a glance

277 pupils · 79% of 350 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14.8% of pupils
English as additional language
19.2% of pupils
SEN support
7.7% of pupils
EHC plan
5% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.ladysmithinfant.stcmat.org/
URN
151327

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

73 places offered · 70 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.7%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

73% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 19% 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

This school£5,766
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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.

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