Laurel Lane Primary School
Laurel Lane, West Drayton, UB7 7TX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LDBS FRAYS ACADEMY TRUST
- Head of School
- Mrs Natasha Moffatt
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- LDBS Frays Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Hayes and Harlington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 267
- URN
- 139275
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01895462360
About this school
Laurel Lane Primary School is a primary academy in West Drayton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 267 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
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
- Good
- 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 | 23 | 29 | 26 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 34% | 40% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 10% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 61% | 45% | 54% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 48% | 42% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 65% | 52% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 97.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 100.0 | 97.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| 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 Laurel Lane 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 | Hillingdon average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 34% | 60.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 40% | 63.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 362 |
| 2023/24 | 320 |
| 2024/25 | 313 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Laurel Lane Primary School compares
Laurel Lane Primary School ranked 55th of 55 primary schools in Hillingdon for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40% | 7.5% | 45.3% | 267 | — |
| St Martin's Church of England Primary School | 55% | 8.1% | 32.3% | 206 | 0.1 miles |
| St Catherine Catholic Primary School | 59% | 5.3% | 21% | 235 | 0.4 miles |
| West Drayton Academy | 73% | 6.3% | 22.7% | 649 | 0.5 miles |
| Cherry Lane Primary School | 46% | 8.8% | 37% | 562 | 0.6 miles |
| Heathrow Primary School | 79% | 7.1% | 22.6% | 396 | 0.9 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)
- 45.25%
- English as an additional language
- 56.5%
- Overall absence
- 7.53%
- Persistent absence
- 23.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Martin's Church of England Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · West Drayton
-
St Catherine Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · West Drayton
-
West Drayton Academy0.5 miles
Primary · West Drayton
-
Cherry Lane Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · West Drayton
-
Heathrow Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · West Drayton
Other schools in West Drayton
Laurel Lane Primary School ranks 9th of the 9 ranked primary schools in West Drayton.
- Cherry Lane Primary School Primary
- Harmondsworth Primary School Primary
- Heathrow Primary School Primary
- Rabbsfarm Primary School Primary
- St Catherine Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Martin's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School Primary
- West Drayton Academy Primary
- Landon School Harmondsworth Special schools
- The PRIDE Academy Free Schools
- The Skills Hub Free Schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Laurel Lane Primary School teach?
- Laurel Lane Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in West Drayton.
- Who is the head of school of Laurel Lane Primary School?
- The head of school of Laurel Lane Primary School is Mrs Natasha Moffatt, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Laurel Lane Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Laurel Lane 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 Laurel Lane Primary School?
- Laurel Lane Primary School has 267 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Laurel Lane Primary School full?
- Laurel Lane Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 267 on roll (64%), 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 Laurel Lane Primary School a faith school?
- No. Laurel Lane Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Laurel Lane Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Laurel Lane Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Laurel Lane Primary School?
- Laurel Lane Primary School is part of LDBS FRAYS ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Laurel Lane 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 40% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Laurel Lane Primary School rank locally?
- Laurel Lane Primary School ranked 55th of 55 primary schools in Hillingdon for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Laurel Lane Primary School's absence rate?
- Laurel Lane Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Laurel Lane Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Laurel Lane 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 1 July 2026.