Long Lawford Primary School
Holbrook Road, Long Lawford, Rugby, CV23 9AL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Stringer
- Constituency
- Rugby
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 426
- URN
- 125570
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01788543332
About this school
Long Lawford Primary School is a community primary school in Rugby. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 426 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 88 | 88 | 87 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 40% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 3% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 63% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 51% | 57% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 58% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
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 Long Lawford 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 | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 58% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 40% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 49% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 542 |
| 2023/24 | 498 |
| 2024/25 | 470 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Long Lawford Primary School compares
Long Lawford Primary School ranked 132nd of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49% | 5.9% | 29.8% | 426 | — |
| Henry Hinde School | 35% | 6.5% | 42.3% | 216 | 0.9 miles |
| St Oswald's CofE Academy | 56% | 6.7% | 39.2% | 196 | 1.0 miles |
| Riverside Academy | 77% | 5.7% | 29.1% | 233 | 1.2 miles |
| Cawston Grange Primary School | 64% | 3.7% | 14.2% | 442 | 1.3 miles |
| St Matthew's Bloxam CofE Primary School | 56% | 5.1% | 25.7% | 199 | 1.4 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)
- 29.79%
- English as an additional language
- 23.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.89%
- Persistent absence
- 17.58%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Henry Hinde School0.9 miles
Primary · Rugby
-
St Oswald's CofE Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Rugby
-
Riverside Academy1.2 miles
Primary · Rugby
-
Cawston Grange Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Rugby
-
St Matthew's Bloxam CofE Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Rugby
Other schools in Rugby
Long Lawford Primary School ranks 22nd of the 26 ranked primary schools in Rugby.
- Abbots Farm Infant School Primary
- Abbots Farm Junior School Primary
- Barby Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bawnmore Community Infant School Primary
- Bilton CofE Junior School Primary
- Bilton Infant School Primary
- Boughton Leigh Infant School Primary
- Boughton Leigh Junior School Primary
- Brownsover Community School Primary
- Cawston Grange Primary School Primary
- Clifton-upon-Dunsmore CofE Primary School Primary
- Dunchurch Boughton Church of England Infant Academy and Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Long Lawford Primary School teach?
- Long Lawford Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Rugby.
- Who is the headteacher of Long Lawford Primary School?
- The headteacher of Long Lawford Primary School is Mrs Claire Stringer, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Long Lawford Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Long Lawford 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 Long Lawford Primary School?
- Long Lawford Primary School has 426 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Long Lawford Primary School full?
- Long Lawford Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 426 on roll (68%), 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 Long Lawford Primary School a faith school?
- No. Long Lawford Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Long Lawford Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Long Lawford Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Long Lawford 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 49% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Long Lawford Primary School rank locally?
- Long Lawford Primary School ranked 132nd of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Long Lawford Primary School's absence rate?
- Long Lawford Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Long Lawford Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Long Lawford 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 30 June 2026.