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Lambourn CofE Primary School

PrimaryAges 3–11AcademyChurch of England

Lambourn, RG17 7LJ · West Berkshire local authority

Lambourn’s School Grade D− behind almost every town in England

Its letter
4%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
13/13
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
130 pupils
62% of its 210 places
Free school meals
30%
30 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Lambourn CofE Primary School

  • Its own letter, D−: Key Stage 2 results near the bottom of England’s primary schools (better than 4%)
  • 36% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 26 points below England’s schools
  • Room to spare: 130 pupils for 210 places
  • Ofsted: Inspected, July 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (13 of 13)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (RG17 7) sold for a median £496,250; Lambourn’s is £316,625

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 36%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 3% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · West Berkshire avg 56%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Lambourn CofE Primary 36%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 105, maths 103 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading70%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)74%
England’s schools 73%
Maths52%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling57%
England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 12 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
33%England 48.5%
Not disadvantaged
64%England 69.4%
Reached the higher standard in all three9%
England’s schools 8% · West Berkshire 7% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Lambourn CofE Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

13
families put it first for September 2026
13
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Excalibur Academies Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through West Berkshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.29 per place
77% got their first choice
1.27 per place
76% got their first choice
Lambourn CofE Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.89 per place
100% got their first choice
0.83 per place
100% got their first choice

Lambourn and West Berkshire, side by side

2023–2025

All 55 graded primaries in West Berkshire. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Lambourn’s schools are coloured by their letter.

0%17%34%51%68%85%10%20%30%40%50%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Lambourn CofE
ABCDElsewhere in West BerkshireLambourn CofE Primary
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
The Ilsleys Primary SchoolA+9%88%
Enborne C.E. Primary SchoolA+4%84%
Theale C.E. Primary SchoolA21%82%
Bradfield C.E. Primary SchoolA11%80%
St Paul's Catholic Primary SchoolA4%79%
Birch Copse Primary SchoolA7%78%
Robert Sandilands Primary School and NurseryA27%77%
Hampstead Norreys C.E. Primary SchoolA26%76%
Curridge Primary SchoolA−7%72%
Mortimer St Mary's C.E. Junior SchoolB+10%70%
Downsway Primary SchoolB7%67%
Springfield Primary SchoolB9%66%
Falkland Primary SchoolB6%66%
Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary SchoolB2%66%
Burghfield St Mary's C.E. Primary SchoolB13%65%
Sulhamstead and Ufton Nervet SchoolB6%65%
The Willows Primary SchoolB−25%64%
Shefford C.E. Primary SchoolB−6%61%
Englefield C.E. Primary SchoolB−8%61%
Yattendon C.E. Primary SchoolC+3%58%
Westwood Farm Junior SchoolC15%57%
St Finian's Catholic Primary SchoolC3%57%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolC7%57%
Chieveley Primary SchoolC10%56%
Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary SchoolC10%56%
Kennet Valley Primary SchoolC25%55%
The Winchcombe SchoolC18%55%
Fir Tree Primary School and NurseryC34%55%
Hermitage Primary SchoolC13%54%
Hungerford Primary SchoolC29%54%
Garland Junior SchoolC27%54%
Stockcross C.E. SchoolC5%54%
Calcot Junior SchoolC−29%53%
Bucklebury C.E. Primary SchoolC−16%53%
Thatcham Park CofE PrimaryC−19%53%
Francis Baily Primary SchoolC−17%52%
Shaw-cum-Donnington C.E. Primary SchoolC−37%51%
St Nicolas C.E. Junior SchoolC−17%51%
Speenhamland SchoolC−25%49%
Woolhampton C.E. Primary SchoolC−5%48%
Long Lane Primary SchoolD9%47%
Purley CofE Primary SchoolD22%47%
Whitelands Park Primary SchoolD23%46%
Parsons Down Junior SchoolD17%45%
Spurcroft Primary SchoolD14%45%
Welford and Wickham C.E. Primary SchoolD19%44%
John Rankin Junior SchoolD13%44%
Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary SchoolD26%41%
Aldermaston C.E. Primary SchoolD29%40%
Pangbourne Primary SchoolD17%39%
Lambourn CofE Primary SchoolD−30%36%
Brimpton C.E. Primary SchoolD−22%26%
Chaddleworth St Andrew's C.E. Primary SchoolD−27%25%
Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary SchoolD−46%18%
Beenham Primary SchoolD−33%0%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

144 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
23.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
6.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
33.9%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 58%Boys 42%
Its letter

Lambourn CofE Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths D−Better than 4% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), July 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Lambourn CofE Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in RG17 7, the school’s postcode sector

Lambourn property prices →
£496,250
median sale, 76 sales in 36 months · Lambourn £316,625

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K2010201520202025RG17 7Lambourn
RG17 7Lambourn

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£795K
Semi-detached
£380K
Terraced
£295K
RG17 7Lambourn

Homes in RG17 7 sell for well over Lambourn’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Lambourn, RG17 7LJ

Nearby

Primary schools near Lambourn CofE Primary School

The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.

Lambourn CofE Primary School: common questions

Is Lambourn CofE Primary School a good school?

By its published results, well below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 4% of England’s primary schools (its letter is D−), with 36% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inspected, July 2025.

How hard is it to get into Lambourn CofE Primary School?

For September 2026, 13 families put Lambourn CofE Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 13 places were offered in all.

What is Lambourn CofE Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (July 2025).

How much do houses cost near Lambourn CofE Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, RG17 7, sold for a median £496,250 over the 36 months to August 2026 (76 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Lambourn’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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