Lovelace Primary School

Kingston upon Thames · KT9 2RN

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 530 pupils, 15.1% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Lovelace Primary School

General Information

Address: Mansfield Road, Hook, Chessington, KT9 2RN – View on map
Phone: 02083973265
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Miss Kelly Dixon
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 45 families put it first for 48 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 5 of the 48 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

530 pupils out of 630 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 79
% eligible for free school meals: 15.1%
Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (less mixed than the Kingston upon Thames average)
English as an additional language: 27% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 26.6% a year (Kingston upon Thames 15.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 28% moved to another school, 72% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Kingston upon Thames: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Kingston upon Thames, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 5.6%
Persistently absent pupils: 14.6%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 14.2%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.1%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 31 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 16 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 13 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 6 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 55% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 13 percentage points below the Kingston upon Thames average (68%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 56% against an expected 66%)
3-year average (expected standard): 56%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 70% · Writing 64% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 68%
Average test scores: reading 104, maths 105
Based on: 84 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolKingston upon Thames averageEngland↘ Falling Down 5 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 13 percentage points below the Kingston upon Thames average (68%).

Year 6 SATs: 22nd of 27 junior and primary schools in the area

#20King Athelstan Primary School61%
#21Castle Hill Primary School56%
#22Lovelace Primary School55%
#23Knollmead Primary School52%
#24St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School47%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

=1Malden Parochial CofE Primary School80%
=1St Luke's CofE Primary School80%
=3Christ Church New Malden CofE Primary School78%
=3Fern Hill Primary School78%
=3Malden Manor Primary and Nursery School78%
=3St Andrew's and St Mark's CofE Junior School78%
#7Latchmere School76%
=8Coombe Hill Junior School74%
=8Ellingham Primary School74%
=10Grand Avenue Primary and Nursery School73%
=10St John's C of E Primary School73%
=10St Paul's CofE Primary School, Kingston Hill73%
#13Burlington Junior School72%
#14Christ Church CofE Primary School71%
#15St Paul's CofE Primary School69%
=16St Agatha's Catholic Primary School68%
=16St Matthew's CofE Primary School68%
#18Tolworth Junior School66%
#19Alexandra Primary School65%
#20King Athelstan Primary School61%
#21Castle Hill Primary School56%
#22Lovelace Primary School55%
#23Knollmead Primary School52%
#24St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School47%
=25Lime Tree Primary School45%
=25Robin Hood Primary and Nursery School45%
#27King's Oak Primary School38%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,583 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

22nd of 25 primary schools in Kingston upon Thames for spending per pupil

#20St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School£6,863
#21Christ Church CofE Primary School£6,749
#22Lovelace Primary School£6,583
#23Fern Hill Primary School£6,530
#24Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School£5,192

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Lime Tree Primary School£11,096
#2Knollmead Primary School£10,406
#3King's Oak Primary School£9,563
#4Robin Hood Primary and Nursery School£8,992
#5King Athelstan Primary School£8,707
#6Ellingham Primary School£8,584
#7St Luke's CofE Primary School£7,954
#8Alexandra Primary School£7,913
#9Castle Hill Primary School£7,798
#10Christ Church New Malden CofE Primary School£7,716
#11Grand Avenue Primary and Nursery School£7,589
#12Latchmere School£7,564
#13St John's C of E Primary School£7,481
#14Malden Manor Primary and Nursery School£7,385
#15St Agatha's Catholic Primary School£7,277
#16St Matthew's CofE Primary School£7,257
#17St Paul's CofE Primary School, Kingston Hill£7,010
#18St Paul's CofE Primary School£6,948
#19Malden Parochial CofE Primary School£6,866
#20St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School£6,863
#21Christ Church CofE Primary School£6,749
#22Lovelace Primary School£6,583
#23Fern Hill Primary School£6,530
#24Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School£5,192
#25St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£3,929

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