Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School | School performance

40%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

40%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

40%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Inadequate

Ofsted inspection · 10/11/2021

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySomerset

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio11.4:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School · Primary · Somerset

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2022/23

RWM expected standard

40%

-43pp

83%62%40%

'23'24'25

'25 · 40%

RWM higher standard

10%

+10pp

10%5%0%

'23'24'25

'25 · 10%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

60%

Reading higher standard

20%

Writing expected standard

50%

Writing higher standard

10%

Maths expected standard

40%

Maths higher standard

30%

Science expected standard

80%

SPAG expected standard

60%

SPAG higher standard

10%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

99.0

GPS scaled score

100.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

Pupil : teacher ratio

11.4

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

11%

SEN

24%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

11%

Contact

Address

Lydeard St Lawrence, Taunton, TA4 3SF

Local authority

Somerset

Website

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Telephone

01984667287

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	40%	10%	60%	20%	50%	10%	40%	30%	80%	60%	103.0	99.0	100.0	—	—	—	24%	37
2023/24	83%	0%	83%	17%	83%	0%	83%	0%	100%	50%	104.0	103.0	102.0	—	—	—	11%	37
2022/23	73%	0%	93%	80%	73%	0%	87%	40%	100%	93%	115.0	108.0	107.0	+9.00	-1.50	+3.60	11%	47

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	37	10.5	24%	0%	11%	5%	11%
2023/24	37	16.7	11%	0%	8%	5%	9%
2022/23	47	11.2	11%	0%	4%	6%	12%