Ofsted Reports

Please find below our most recent Ofsted reports, and relevant information from the Department for Education Performance Tables.

The school was inspected under Section 5 'Inspection of a Good School' on 28th and 29th February 2024.

We are pleased and proud to report that Lyne and Longcross C of E (A) Primary School continues to be a Good School.

Pupils and parents like the small ‘village feel’ of the school.
The school is inclusive and ensures that all families are made to feel welcome within the school community.
Pupils are friendly and welcoming. They told the inspector that if anyone new came to their school, everyone would want to be their friend.
The school has high expectations for all pupils’ achievement.
Pupils enjoy their learning and work hard to live up to the school’s high expectations.
The school thinks carefully about how to provide increased opportunities for independence as pupils get older.
The school has worked to redevelop its curriculum to ensure it is broad, ambitious and logically sequenced.
Staff have been well supported to develop their own expertise and understanding in the subjects they lead.
An ongoing programme of professional development for teachers is supporting them to become increasingly expert across the subjects that they teach.
Across subject areas, the school has considered how the curriculum for early years prepares children for Year 1 and beyond.
Pupils of all ages work hard to demonstrate the school’s values of courage, faith and respect.
Behaviour in classrooms and at breaktimes and lunchtimes is safe and calm.
Pupils’ personal development is considered carefully.
Those responsible for governance have a very clear vision for the school and work closely with leaders to ensure that the education the school provides is having a positive impact on pupils.