Laburnum Primary School
About the school
Laburnum Primary School is an open primary school in Central Bedfordshire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 18 November 2025
- Published
- 18 January 2026
- Inspection type
- Academy First Section 5
Category of concern: SWK
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Inadequate
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding
No
Early years
Requires improvement
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 63%
- Central Bedfordshire
- 50%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- Central Bedfordshire
- 3%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 78%
- Central Bedfordshire
- 70%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 74%
- Central Bedfordshire
- 61%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 81%
- Central Bedfordshire
- 66%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 78%
- Central Bedfordshire
- 66%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 26%
- Central Bedfordshire
- 20%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 85%
- Central Bedfordshire
- 78%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Central Bedfordshire
- 104
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 105
- Central Bedfordshire
- 103
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Central Bedfordshire
- 103
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
194
Girls
45.36%
Boys
54.64%
SEN support
13.40%
Education, health and care plan
3.09%
English as an additional language
2.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
24.28%
Overall absence
5.79
Persistent absence
16.25