Lordship Farm Primary School
Fouracres, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3UF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Julie Petitt
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 450
- Pupils on roll
- 447
- URN
- 117330
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01462620550
About this school
Lordship Farm Primary School is a community primary school in Letchworth Garden City. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 447 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 57 | 56 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 70% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 0% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 89% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 86% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 82% | 77% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.10 | - | - |
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 Lordship Farm 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 | Hertfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 58% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 438 |
| 2023/24 | 441 |
| 2024/25 | 446 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lordship Farm Primary School compares
Lordship Farm Primary School ranked 186th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 93% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 3.6% | 7.2% | 447 | — |
| Pixmore Junior School | 30% | 5.6% | 31.7% | 231 | 0.7 miles |
| Garden City Academy | 61% | 6.9% | 46.2% | 215 | 0.8 miles |
| St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School | 62% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 221 | 1.0 miles |
| Hillshott Infant School and Nursery | — | 6.6% | 26.7% | 202 | 1.0 miles |
| Purwell Primary School | 57% | 6.7% | 36.7% | 129 | 1.3 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 7.21%
- English as an additional language
- 11.4%
- Overall absence
- 3.58%
- Persistent absence
- 5.22%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Pixmore Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Letchworth
-
Garden City Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Letchworth Garden City
-
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Letchworth Garden City
-
Hillshott Infant School and Nursery1.0 miles
Primary · Letchworth
-
Purwell Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Hitchin
Other schools in Letchworth Garden City
Lordship Farm Primary School ranks 4th of the 7 ranked primary schools in Letchworth Garden City.
- Garden City Academy Primary
- Icknield Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Northfields Infants and Nursery School Primary
- Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School Primary
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Primary
- Stonehill School Primary
- The Grange Academy Primary
- Wilbury Junior School Primary
- The Highfield School Secondary
- North Herts Education Support Centre Local authority maintained schools
- Woolgrove School, Special Needs Academy Academies
- St Christopher School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Lordship Farm Primary School teach?
- Lordship Farm Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Letchworth Garden City.
- Who is the headteacher of Lordship Farm Primary School?
- The headteacher of Lordship Farm Primary School is Mrs Julie Petitt, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lordship Farm Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lordship Farm 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 Lordship Farm Primary School?
- Lordship Farm Primary School has 447 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Lordship Farm Primary School full?
- Lordship Farm Primary School has capacity for 450 pupils and 447 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lordship Farm Primary School a faith school?
- No. Lordship Farm Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lordship Farm Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Lordship Farm Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Lordship Farm Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Lordship Farm Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Lordship Farm Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lordship Farm Primary School rank locally?
- Lordship Farm Primary School ranked 186th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 93% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lordship Farm Primary School's absence rate?
- Lordship Farm Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lordship Farm Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lordship Farm 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 15 July 2026.