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Lodge Farm Primary School, Stevenage

Requires Improvement
Primary
Foundation school
Mixed
Ages 3–11

Lodge Farm Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Stevenage. It was rated Requires improvement at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in November 2022. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in April 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 14th-highest of the 23 schools in Stevenage with published results, and 9,801st of 14,452 across England. It was 90% full in 2025.

SATs results
In line with England
Ofsted
Requires improvement (2022)
Demand
Every first choice offered
Attendance
In line with England
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Hertfordshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 27 Oct 2026

Lodge Farm Primary School in detail

Lodge Farm Primary School in its own words

From the headteacher's welcome: "It is a great privilege to serve as the Headteacher of Lodge Farm Primary School, a vibrant and inclusive community where we believe every child has the potential to achieve extraordinary things. Our vision is simple yet ambitious: to prepare our children for great futures by challenging and inspiring them to become empowered, lifelong learners."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.

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Headteacher's welcome (school website)Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils at Lodge Farm Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 68% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 76% in Hertfordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 80% in reading and 71% in maths in 2024.

Getting a place at Lodge Farm Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 24 families put Lodge Farm Primary School as their first choice and 85 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Admissions history and your chances at Lodge Farm Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Lodge Farm Primary School are Camps Hill Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 72% reading, 59% maths); Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery (0.5 miles, Good, 82% reading, 87% maths); Bedwell Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 67% reading, 71% maths); and Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles).

Lodge Farm Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Camps Hill Primary SchoolMoss Bury Primary School and NurseryBedwell Primary SchoolSaint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School

What parents say

91 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Lodge Farm Primary School (as of September 2025): 66% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 56% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (88%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (56%).

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Stevenage Railway Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Nobel School (near), 170 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Lodge Farm Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 216 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hertfordshire (138), as is usual near a town centre.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Lodge Farm Primary School issued 31 suspensions, 7.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Lodge Farm Primary School are The Nobel School (0.1 miles), Marriotts School (0.5 miles) and Barnwell School (1.4 miles).

The Nobel SchoolMarriotts SchoolBarnwell School

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Joanna Farbon
Pupils:386
LA:Hertfordshire
Phone:01438236600
Address:Mobbsbury Way, Chells, Stevenage, SG2 0HP
Status:open
Opened:1 September 2000

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago
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Overall

Requires Improvement

Quality of Education

Good

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Requires Improvement

Leadership & Management

Good

Early Years

Inspected 29 April 2025View full report
URN:132091
UKPRN:10073630
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Stevenage
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

From Ofsted's April 2025 inspection report.

What This School Does Well

Lodge Farm Primary School creates a caring, supportive environment where children feel happy and behave well. The school excels in teaching reading using a structured phonics approach, and provides excellent early years provision with engaging learning. Pupils benefit from a strong focus on emotional well-being and character development, leaving the school as well-rounded individuals ready to contribute positively to society.

Key Strengths

  • Pupils behave well, enjoy school, and attend regularly with strong relationships with staff
  • Early years provision is good with engaging learning environments that build children's skills effectively
  • Reading is taught very well through a highly structured phonics programme with skilled staff and tailored support for struggling readers
  • Strong focus on emotional well-being with calm corners in classrooms and effective calming techniques taught to pupils
  • Broad and engaging curriculum with enrichment clubs, charity projects and cultural events that help pupils become well-rounded individuals

Areas for Improvement

  • Teaching quality and subject knowledge is inconsistent across the school, meaning some pupils receive better support than others
  • Teachers do not use assessment effectively in most subjects to identify gaps in knowledge and adapt teaching accordingly
  • Some pupils with SEND have not had their needs identified early enough, and do not achieve as well as they could across all subjects
  • Staff have not all developed the teaching methods promoted by the school consistently or effectively

Safeguarding

Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Extracurricular Activities

Enrichment clubs, charity projects, cultural events

Lodge Farm Primary School requires improvement overall, though behaviour, attitudes, and early years provision are good. The school has undergone leadership changes but now has stable management and is in the early stages of implementing improvement plans.

At a Glance

17.1%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

91 responses
Would recommend66%
Child is happy88%
Child does well77%
High expectations67%
Feels safe84%
Well behaved65%
Bullying dealt with (of parents with a view)56%
Kept informed78%
Handles concerns (of parents who raised one)66%
Wider development66%

Source: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading-5ppMaths-3ppWriting-12pp

Reading has declined from 80% to 75% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 68% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 52% to 40% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

23.9

Avg class size

23.0

Infant (KS1)

27.4

KS2

12

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

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Term dates

Lodge Farm Primary School is a foundation school, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Hertfordshire's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Bus Stops

Nobel School (nr)
171m · 3 min walk
The Glebe Centre (opp)
174m · 3 min walk
Warwick Road (nr)
344m · 6 min walk
Wheatlands (adj)
406m · 7 min walk
Hudson Road (E-bound)
425m · 7 min walk

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
12
Fatal
0
Serious
2
Children hurt
1

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 10 slight.

1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.

3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Hertfordshire is 9 (the median across 590 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Lodge Farm Primary School

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What the report includes for Lodge Farm Primary School:

  • The straight-line distance from your home to Lodge Farm Primary School.
  • We hold no last distance offered figures from Hertfordshire, so the report covers demand, alternatives and dates.
  • Applications, first choices and offers at Lodge Farm Primary School for 2014 to 2026 entry.
  • How many families in Hertfordshire got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
  • The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
  • Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

90%

Near capacity

380 pupils

420 places

40 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Stevenage

Low pressure
New homes approved:1,598
Projected new pupils:400

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Stevenage

Across Hertfordshire council

Low demand council-wide0.85 applications per place

Places available

14,776

Applications

12,543

Got 1st preference

89.1%

Got preferred school

98.4%

All primary applications across Hertfordshire council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Every first choice offered

Inspection History(11)

29 April 2025
Quality of EducationRequires Improvement
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementRequires Improvement
Early YearsGood
2 November 2022
Requires ImprovementReport
Quality of EducationRequires Improvement
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementRequires Improvement
Early YearsGood
17 November 2020

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

61

SEN Support

15

EHC Plans

19.7%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication37
Social, Emotional & Mental Health11
Specific Learning Difficulty10
Moderate Learning Difficulty5
Autistic Spectrum Disorder3
Hearing Impairment1
Visual Impairment1
Other1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
69.2%
Asian
3.8%
Black
7.3%
Mixed
7.8%
Chinese
0.5%
Other
1.3%
Unclassified
0.5%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals17.1%
English as Additional Language18.4%

386

Total Pupils

193

Boys

193

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

22

Teachers

17.5:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£50,762

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,160

Per pupil

£2204k

Total funding

£112k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£150,631
EAL funding£17,591
Lump sum£172,300

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

4.6%

Overall absence

10.1%

Persistent absence

357

Enrolments

Authorised3.5%
Unauthorised1.2%
Persistent (10%+)10.1%
Severe (50%+)1.1%

Absence trend

5.0%
18/19
3.4%
20/21
6.7%
21/22
6.2%
22/23
5.6%
23/24
4.6%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Lodge Farm Primary School

What are SATs results like at Lodge Farm Primary School?

Of the pupils at Lodge Farm Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 75% reached the expected standard in reading and 68% did so in maths.

What is Lodge Farm Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Lodge Farm Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in April 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in November 2022, it was rated Requires Improvement.

What is the catchment area for Lodge Farm Primary School?

No fixed boundary. When Lodge Farm Primary School is oversubscribed, Hertfordshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Lodge Farm Primary School?

Lodge Farm Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 90% of its 420 places.

How big are the classes at Lodge Farm Primary School?

Classes at Lodge Farm Primary School average 23.9 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Lodge Farm Primary School?

Lodge Farm Primary School has around 386 pupils on roll. 17% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Lodge Farm Primary School?

4.6% of sessions were missed at Lodge Farm Primary School in 2024/25. 10.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Lodge Farm Primary School?

Apply through Hertfordshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Lodge Farm Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

How many road collisions happen near Lodge Farm Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 10 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Hertfordshire is 9 (the median across 590 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Lodge Farm Primary School?

Lodge Farm Primary School is at Mobbsbury Way, Chells, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 0HP.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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