Larwood School is an academy in Stevenage, United Kingdom with 151 pupils, part of Brighter Futures Educational Trust. Ofsted: Good, inspected 9 November 2022. As of 12 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Family Support Worker (closes 20 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Bianca Osobu, Headteacher
Trust or group
Brighter Futures Educational Trust
Type
Academy
Pupils
151 pupils · 15% girls · 57.0% eligible for free school meals · 1.3% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
11 (7.3%) on SEN support · 140 (92.7%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Larwood School is a dynamic and successful primary special school for boys and girls with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. As part of Brighter Futures Educational…
Exam results
Year
KS2 expected
KS2 higher
2024/25
0%
0%
2023/24
0%
0%
2022/23
7%
0%
Department for Education performance tables.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
9 November 2022
Graded inspection
Good
9 October 2019
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
22.9
6.6
–
0
£51,631
2024/25
15.9
7.4
0%
0
£49,202
2023/24
14.6
6.9
13%
0
£37,118
2022/23
14.2
6.5
26%
0
£55,165
2021/22
12.0
7.5
8%
1
£47,024
2020/21
9.0
9.6
0%
0
£50,032
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
8.0
10.0
0%
0
£49,602
2018/19
10.0
7.5
20%
0
£45,541
2017/18
9.0
7.2
11%
0
£46,433
2016/17
12.8
5.0
37%
0
£39,812
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
13.6%
4.5%
29.7%
12.1%
2024/25
10.8%
3.5%
36.1%
10.7%
2023/24
8.2%
3.1%
18.7%
1.9%
2022/23
9.6%
3.6%
29.8%
4.3%
2021/22
6.4%
0.9%
21.1%
0.0%
2020/21
2.8%
0.6%
5.8%
0.0%
Earlier years (2017/18 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
6.6%
1.7%
21.5%
0.0%
2017/18
7.7%
1.4%
33.3%
0.0%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
1 past vacancy seen since May 2026: 1 support. Most often advertised: Site Assistant. Last advertised October 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.