Front Lawn Primary Academy

School overview

Front Lawn Primary Academy is a primary school serving Havant, Hampshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 440 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Front Lawn Primary Academy 'Outstanding'. 82% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 3.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 41% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Front Lawn Primary Academy is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 65 first choices for 60 places. Overall pupil absence was 7.2%. There are about 17.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 70% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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.