Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery
About the school
Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery is an open primary school in Swindon.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 17 May 2022
- Published
- 29 June 2022
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 35%
- Swindon
- 60%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- Swindon
- 8%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 62%
- Swindon
- 73%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 68%
- Swindon
- 73%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 50%
- Swindon
- 72%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 53%
- Swindon
- 71%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 10%
- Swindon
- 27%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 77%
- Swindon
- 83%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 102
- Swindon
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 99
- Swindon
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 100
- Swindon
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
383
Girls
46.74%
Boys
53.26%
SEN support
18.28%
Education, health and care plan
2.09%
English as an additional language
33.40%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
26.16%
Overall absence
6.33
Persistent absence
18.13