Lavendon School
High Street, Lavendon, Olney, MK46 4HA
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Lavendon School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Watson
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 140
- Pupils on roll
- 159
- URN
- 110242
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
About this school
Lavendon School was a community primary school in Olney. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 159 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Lavendon School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 25 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 72% | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 84% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 84% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - |
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 Lavendon 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 | Milton Keynes average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 72% | 55.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 56.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 61.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Lavendon School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.6% | 19.5% | 159 | — |
| Lavendon School | 53% | 3.8% | 16.7% | 152 | 0.0 miles |
| Newton Blossomville Church of England School | — | 3.1% | 20% | 7 | 1.3 miles |
| Turvey Primary School | 71% | 3.7% | 17.4% | 81 | 1.5 miles |
| Olney Middle School | 77% | 4.7% | 18.2% | 349 | 2.2 miles |
| Olney Infant Academy | — | 4.9% | 14.9% | 249 | 2.6 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.5%
- English as an additional language
- 1.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.6%
- Persistent absence
- 8.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lavendon School0.0 miles
Primary · Olney
-
Newton Blossomville Church of England School1.3 miles
Primary · Bedford
-
Turvey Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Bedford
-
Olney Middle School2.2 miles
Primary · Olney
-
Olney Infant Academy2.6 miles
Primary · Olney
Other schools in Olney
- Lavendon School Primary
- Olney Infant Academy Primary
- Olney Middle School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Lavendon School teach?
- Lavendon School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Olney.
- Has Lavendon School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Lavendon 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 many pupils are at Lavendon School?
- Lavendon School had 159 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Lavendon School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 72% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Lavendon School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lavendon 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 31 December 2023.