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Lawn Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Norbury Close, Allestree, Derby DE22 2QR · lawn.derby.sch.uk · 01332 550178
On the mapSearch near DE22 2QR
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 84%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Derby 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 434
- 100% of 436 places
- Local authority
- Derby
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 9.2%
- First language not English
- 14.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Transform Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 65 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 89% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 65 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 56 | 0.9 | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 63 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 81 | 1.4▲ | 74% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 81 | 1.4▲ | 74% |
Results
In 2024/25, 84% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 14% the higher standard. Across Derby it was 57%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲84% | 62% | ||
| ▲14% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 112779)
Ofsted
Lawn Primary School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 11 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 11 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 112779), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112779)
Nov 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112779)
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (82 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 82
- 19% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 18% who had a child bullied
based on 20 parents (24%) with SEND