Lacey Gardens Junior Academy

Academy converter·Primary school LOUTH, Lincolnshire·LN11 8DH
Composite score
38.4
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#11,438
National rank
#1034
In East Midlands
#175
In Lincolnshire
Top 77%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

School profile

Age range
7–11
Pupils on roll
315
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
57.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
9.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,676
Typical primary: £6,960

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Lacey Gardens Junior Academy at a glance

Located in LOUTH, Lincolnshire, Lacey Gardens Junior Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 315 pupils aged 7 to 11. 59% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 16.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Overall pupil absence was 7.3%. There are about 22.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 58% 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. Lacey Gardens Junior Academy 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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