Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Loughborough, Nottinghamshire
Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Loughborough, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 December 2022. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Lantern Lane, East Leake, Loughborough, LE12 6QN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 411 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils love to come to Lantern Lane each day and would not hesitate to recommend it to other children.”
- “Teachers want all pupils to succeed, and they make education there exciting.”
- “From the Nursery Year onwards, skilled staff teach them quickly how to read.”
To improve
- “While initial monitoring suggests the new phonics scheme is producing the impact leaders intend, it has not yet been embedded.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 63% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 50 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 50 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- Last distance offered for Reception 2018 to 2026, as Nottinghamshire published it, drawn on the map
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Nottinghamshire.
- Brookside Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Millside Spencer Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Costock CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bunny CofE Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gotham Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sutton Bonington Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Normanton-On-Soar Primary School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- James Peacock Infant and Nursery School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published