Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy

Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy demonstrates a strong standard of education, with effective leadership promoting an inclusive and supportive environment. The school has met safeguarding standards and fosters a culture where safeguarding is a shared responsibility among staff and the community. Pupils show strong progress in language, social, and emotional development, while a broad curriculum engages them effectively in their learning. Overall, the school prepares students well for their next educational stage.

Strengths

• Warm and supportive relationships between staff and pupils.
• Effective safeguarding practices are in place.
• Pupils demonstrate significant progress in social and emotional development.
• Curriculum is broad, engaging, and well-sequenced.
• Strong emphasis on outdoor learning and the arts.
• Positive attitudes towards attendance and punctuality.
• Inclusion of pupils with special educational needs is well-managed.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff do not correct errors in writing quickly enough, hindering fluency.
• Limited opportunities for pupils to reason mathematically to deepen understanding.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 3.7% of pupils at Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy had 23.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 35.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.0% of pupils at Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy received £10,420 and spent £9,508 for each of its 82 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £343,000 (£4,188 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Mercia Primary Academy Trust, income was £7,171 and spending £6,390 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Tamworth · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy is part of Mercia Primary Academy Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Flax Hill Junior Academy Tamworth
• Lakeside Primary School Tamworth

What is Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy have?

Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy has 100 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy cover?

Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy?

Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy is at Clifton Avenue, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8EF.