Lawn Primary and Nursery School

Community school·Primary school Swindon·SN3 1LE
Composite score
50.4
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#7,118
National rank
#691
In South West
#26
In Swindon
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
42 first choices, 49 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
127
any preference, for 49 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0320220.9520230.9620240.9220250.862026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Lawn Primary and Nursery School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
489
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
17.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
26.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,177
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Lawn Primary and Nursery School at a glance

Located in Swindon, Lawn Primary and Nursery School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 489 pupils aged 2 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 16.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Lawn Primary and Nursery School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 42 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 26.7 pupils per teacher. Lawn Primary and Nursery School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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