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Ofsted Reports

Please find below our most recent Ofsted reports, and relevant information from the Department for Education Performance Tables. 

The school was inspected under Section 5 'Inspection of a Good School' on 28th and 29th February 2024. 

We are pleased and proud to report that Lyne and Longcross C of E (A) Primary School continues to be a Good School. 

  • Pupils and parents like the small ‘village feel’ of the school.
  • The school is inclusive and ensures that all families are made to feel welcome within the school community.
  • Pupils are friendly and welcoming. They told the inspector that if anyone new came to their school, everyone would want to be their friend.
  • The school has high expectations for all pupils’ achievement.
  • Pupils enjoy their learning and work hard to live up to the school’s high expectations.
  • The school thinks carefully about how to provide increased opportunities for independence as pupils get older.
  • The school has worked to redevelop its curriculum to ensure it is broad, ambitious and logically sequenced.
  • Staff have been well supported to develop their own expertise and understanding in the subjects they lead.
  • An ongoing programme of professional development for teachers is supporting them to become increasingly expert across the subjects that they teach.
  • Across subject areas, the school has considered how the curriculum for early years prepares children for Year 1 and beyond.
  • Pupils of all ages work hard to demonstrate the school’s values of courage, faith and respect.
  • Behaviour in classrooms and at breaktimes and lunchtimes is safe and calm.
  • Pupils’ personal development is considered carefully.
  • Those responsible for governance have a very clear vision for the school and work closely with leaders to ensure that the education the school provides is having a positive impact on pupils.