Lodge Farm Primary School
Mobbsbury Way, Chells, Stevenage, SG2 0HP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanna Farbon
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stevenage
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 435
- Pupils on roll
- 386
- URN
- 132091
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01438236600
About this school
Lodge Farm Primary School is a foundation primary school in Stevenage. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 386 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lodge Farm Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 60 | 56 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 48% | 37% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 7% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 80% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 71% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 82% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.90 | - | - |
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 Lodge 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 | 48% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 37% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 438 |
| 2023/24 | 427 |
| 2024/25 | 412 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lodge Farm Primary School compares
Lodge Farm Primary School ranked 318th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37% | 4.6% | 20.5% | 386 | — |
| Camps Hill Primary School | 50% | 6.5% | 27.8% | 462 | 0.2 miles |
| Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery | 69% | 6.5% | 27.6% | 226 | 0.5 miles |
| Bedwell Primary School | 55% | 5.5% | 40.1% | 295 | 0.6 miles |
| Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 433 | 0.6 miles |
| Martins Wood Primary School | 65% | 5.3% | 17.9% | 532 | 0.7 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)
- 20.52%
- English as an additional language
- 19.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.61%
- Persistent absence
- 10.08%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Camps Hill Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery0.5 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Bedwell Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Stevenage
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Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Martins Wood Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stevenage
Other schools in Stevenage
Lodge Farm Primary School ranks 20th of the 23 ranked primary schools in Stevenage.
- Almond Hill Junior School Primary
- Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Ashtree Primary Academy Primary
- Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School Primary
- Bedwell Primary School Primary
- Benington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Broom Barns Primary School Primary
- Camps Hill Primary School Primary
- Fairlands Primary School Primary
- Featherstone Wood Primary School Primary
- Giles Junior School Primary
- Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Lodge Farm Primary School teach?
- Lodge Farm Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Stevenage.
- Who is the headteacher of Lodge Farm Primary School?
- The headteacher of Lodge Farm Primary School is Mrs Joanna Farbon, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lodge Farm Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lodge 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 many pupils are at Lodge Farm Primary School?
- Lodge Farm Primary School has 386 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Lodge Farm Primary School full?
- Lodge Farm Primary School has capacity for 435 pupils and 386 on roll (89%), 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 Lodge Farm Primary School a faith school?
- No. Lodge Farm Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lodge Farm Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Lodge Farm Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Lodge Farm Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 37% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lodge Farm Primary School compare with other schools in Hertfordshire?
- Lodge Farm Primary School ranked 318th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lodge Farm Primary School's absence rate?
- Lodge Farm Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lodge Farm Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lodge 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 30 June 2026.