Lovelace Primary School
Mansfield Road, Hook, Chessington, KT9 2RN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Kelly Dixon
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Kingston and Surbiton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 530
- URN
- 102583
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02083973265
About this school
Lovelace Primary School is a community primary school in Chessington. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 530 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 82 | 59 | 84 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 51% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 3% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 61% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 61% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 56% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lovelace Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Kingston upon Thames average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 60% | 61.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 60.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 58.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 602 |
| 2023/24 | 604 |
| 2024/25 | 612 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lovelace Primary School compares
Lovelace Primary School ranked 23rd of 28 primary schools in Kingston upon Thames for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55% | 5.6% | 16.2% | 530 | — |
| Ellingham Primary School | 74% | 7.1% | 30.2% | 276 | 0.5 miles |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School | 69% | 4.3% | 8.9% | 209 | 0.7 miles |
| St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School | 47% | 5.6% | 20.9% | 170 | 0.9 miles |
| Castle Hill Primary School | 56% | 5.2% | 21.3% | 514 | 0.9 miles |
| Hinchley Wood Primary School | 78% | 3.9% | 4.4% | 624 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.21%
- English as an additional language
- 26.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.63%
- Persistent absence
- 14.64%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ellingham Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Chessington
-
St Paul's CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Chessington
-
St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Chessington
-
Castle Hill Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Chessington
-
Hinchley Wood Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Esher
Other schools in Chessington
Lovelace Primary School ranks 4th of the 5 ranked primary schools in Chessington.
- Castle Hill Primary School Primary
- Ellingham Primary School Primary
- St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary
- St Paul's CofE Primary School Primary
- Chessington School Secondary
- St Philip's School Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Lovelace Primary School teach?
- Lovelace Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Chessington.
- Who is the headteacher of Lovelace Primary School?
- The headteacher of Lovelace Primary School is Miss Kelly Dixon, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lovelace Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lovelace Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Lovelace Primary School?
- Lovelace Primary School has 530 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Lovelace Primary School full?
- Lovelace Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 530 on roll (84%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lovelace Primary School a faith school?
- No. Lovelace Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lovelace Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Lovelace Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Lovelace Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lovelace Primary School rank locally?
- Lovelace Primary School ranked 23rd of 28 primary schools in Kingston upon Thames for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lovelace Primary School's absence rate?
- Lovelace Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lovelace Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lovelace Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.