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Lambourne Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 214Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 145604URN

Hoe Lane, Abridge, Romford, RM4 1AU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.7 below Essex median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

49 applications for 30 places · 313th of 363 in Essex
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
65%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 July 2026Published 21 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 14 July 2026
    Report card · 7 Expected standard
  2. 9 June 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.6applications per place, Reception
0.7 below Essex median (2.4) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

49 applications · 30 places offered · 30 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
  3. 2024 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.1; Essex median median 2.4
  5. 2022 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
  6. 2021 1.9; Essex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 2.4; Essex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 2.2; Essex median median 2.5
  9. 2018 2.3; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.1; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.8; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.1; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.1; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Essex median in 0 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Essex median

Dashed bars: as Lambourne Primary School (URN 114952), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202630491.6301.00
Sep 202530521.7270.90
Sep 202430501.7311.03
Sep 202330632.1341.13
Sep 202230682.3431.43
Sep 202128531.9250.89
Sep 202030712.4361.20
Sep 201930672.2441.47
Sep 2018 *18412.3181.00
Sep 2017 *30622.1290.97
Sep 2016 *29822.8421.45
Sep 2015 *31652.1341.10
Sep 2014 *30622.1240.80

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 74% · Writing 65% · Maths 77% → all three 65% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard65%197th of 387 in Essex
Reading
Expected standard74%
Higher standard35%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard65%
Greater depth16%
Maths
Expected standard77%
Higher standard35%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Essex median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2565%13%105106
2023/2459%6%105105
2022/2335%0%105104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
145604 · 881/2690
Trust
Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust
Capacity
218 pupils · 214 on roll
Free school meals
20.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 April 2018
Replaced
Lambourne Primary School (URN 114952)
Address
Hoe Lane, Abridge, Romford, RM4 1AU
Local authority
Essex · Epping Forest

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources