Laburnum Primary School
Laburnum Road, Sandy, SG19 1HQ
This school is closed (it closed in February 2024).
It was replaced by Laburnum Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Ben Bardell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North East Bedfordshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 197
- URN
- 109477
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
About this school
Laburnum Primary School was a foundation primary school in Sandy. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 197 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Laburnum Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 25 | 26 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 28% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 54% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 35% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.30 | - |
| Writing progress | -4.90 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.40 | - |
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 Laburnum 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 | Central Bedfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52% | 47.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 28% | 49.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 49.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 214 |
| 2023/24 | 197 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Laburnum Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 50% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.7% | 21.1% | 197 | — |
| Laburnum Primary School | 63% | 5.8% | 24.3% | 174 | 0.0 miles |
| Robert Peel Primary School | 57% | 5.3% | 28.7% | 386 | 0.3 miles |
| St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary School | 38% | 5.8% | 18% | 172 | 0.5 miles |
| Maple Tree Primary School | 71% | 4% | 11.2% | 241 | 0.8 miles |
| John Donne Church of England Primary School | 29% | 5.5% | 17.4% | 119 | 1.6 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.1%
- English as an additional language
- 3.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.7%
- Persistent absence
- 16.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Laburnum Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Sandy
-
Robert Peel Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Sandy
-
St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Sandy
-
Maple Tree Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Sandy
-
John Donne Church of England Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Bedford
Other schools in Sandy
- Barnabas Oley CofE Primary School Primary
- Gamlingay Village Primary Primary
- Laburnum Primary School Primary
- Maple Tree Primary School Primary
- Potton Primary School Primary
- Robert Peel Primary School Primary
- St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary School Primary
- Wrestlingworth CofE Infant School Primary
- Sandy Secondary School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Laburnum Primary School teach?
- Laburnum Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Sandy.
- Has Laburnum Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Laburnum Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Laburnum Primary School?
- Laburnum Primary School had 197 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Laburnum Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 28% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Laburnum Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Laburnum 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 8 July 2024.