Lovelace Primary SchoolClaygate Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Lovelace Primary School and Claygate Primary School are primary schools.

  • Lovelace Primary School scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Claygate Primary School scores 77 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Claygate Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Lovelace Primary School was judged the expected standard and Claygate Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 55.0% for Lovelace Primary School and 80.0% for Claygate Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Lovelace Primary School (60.0% in 2022-23, 55.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Claygate Primary School (77.0% in 2022-23, 80.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Lovelace Primary School versus Claygate Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ChessingtonLovelace Primary SchoolEsherClaygate Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD53/100B77/100Stronger figure
Local ranking24th of 32 in Kingston upon Thames 22nd of 277 in Surrey
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Foundation school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll530 362
Capacity630 420
LocationChessington, KT9 2RN Esher, KT10 0NB
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard55.0% 80.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard10.0% 10.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 111.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 108.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census612 354
Free school meals (ever 6)16.2% 9.3%
English as an additional language26.6% 10.7%
SEN support11.8% 15.0%
SEN with an EHC plan2.5% 2.8%
Attendance
Overall absence5.6% 4.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence14.6% 10.4% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Lovelace Primary School

Claygate Primary School

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