Lordship Farm Primary School, Letchworth Garden City

Ofsted's report card from its 21 April 2026 inspection grades Lordship Farm Primary School on 7 areas: 5 strong standard and 2 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders frequently emphasise the importance of regular attendance to parents and carers and pupils."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "The curriculum is very ambitious and well organised across subjects and year groups."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "The school's inclusive approaches consistently improve pupils' experiences and reduce barriers to their learning."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders provide very clear and purposeful strategic direction for the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders' approach in supporting pupils' personal development and wellbeing is a very important part of school life."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Overall, pupils achieve well."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders understand the strengths and areas for improvement in the early years."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should strengthen the consistency of high-quality staff interactions in the early years so that staff respond even more effectively to children's learning needs. This will help all children, particularly those who need extra support, to be fully ready for Year 1"; "Leaders should ensure that effective consistent improvements to marking and feedback translate into higher outcomes for pupils in national assessments".

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils at Lordship Farm Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 78% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 76% in Hertfordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 89% in reading and 86% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 80 families put Lordship Farm Primary School as their first choice and 162 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 20 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Lordship Farm Primary School are Pixmore Junior School (0.7 miles, Good, 60% reading, 52% maths); Garden City Academy (0.8 miles, Good, 78% reading, 65% maths); St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School (1 mile, Good, 93% reading, 83% maths); and Hillshott Infant School and Nursery (1 mile, Good).

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

7.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 11.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (69%), Mixed (12%) and Asian (9%).

In 2026, 64 pupils (14.3%) received SEN support and 13 (2.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Lordship Farm Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 12 places, 8 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Letchworth Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Penn Way (opposite), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Lordship 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 81 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Hertfordshire (138).

In 2024/25, Lordship Farm Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 0.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Lordship Farm Primary School are The Highfield School (0.9 miles) and Fearnhill School (1.4 miles).