Lakeside Primary Academy

Lakeside Primary Academy is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all key areas including quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school demonstrates high ambitions for its students, implementing effective curriculum changes and providing robust support for pupils who may arrive or leave mid-year. This ensures that pupils are safe, happy, and engaged, although the school's overall outcomes may not fully reflect all pupils' achievements due to mobility challenges. The school is part of The Rose Learning Trust and this connection provides additional support in its operations, enhancing the educational experience for students.

Strengths

• High ambitions for student learning and experiences
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Strong emphasis on reading with well-trained staff
• Nurturing environment in early years
• Wide range of extra-curricular activities enhancing personal development
• Active involvement of trustees and governors in school operations
• Effective school attendance monitoring systems

Areas for Improvement

• Some outdoor activities in early years are not aligned with children's learning needs
• Occasional lack of positive attitudes towards learning among some pupils

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 Lakeside Primary Academy attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.4% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Lakeside Primary 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 Lakeside Primary Academy had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.5% 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, 14.5% of pupils at Lakeside Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% 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 Lakeside Primary Academy received £7,306 and spent £6,496 for each of its 390 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £136,000 (£349 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of The Rose Learning Trust, income was £6,563 and spending £6,320 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.

• Primary Schools
• Secondary Schools

All schools in Doncaster · Doncaster local authority: places and applications

Lakeside Primary Academy is part of The Rose Learning Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Town Field Primary School Doncaster
• Balby Central Primary Academy Doncaster
• Woodfield Primary School Doncaster
• Hatchell Wood Primary Academy Doncaster
• Richmond Hill Primary Academy Doncaster
• Scawsby Junior Academy Doncaster
• Owston Park Primary Academy Doncaster
• Crowle Primary Academy Crowle
• Scawby Academy Brigg
• Hibaldstow Academy Brigg

What is Lakeside Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lakeside Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Lakeside Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Lakeside Primary Academy was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Lakeside Primary Academy have?

Lakeside Primary Academy has 379 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lakeside Primary Academy cover?

Lakeside Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Lakeside Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lakeside Primary Academy?

Lakeside Primary Academy is at Sandy Lane, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 5ES.