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Lakeview School

Primary Ages 3-11 436 pupils Bedford
Ofsted: Good
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Lakeview School is an academy converter in Bedford for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 436 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Lakeview School is Good, from an inspection in October 2022 of its predecessor, Lakeview School.

Ofsted inspection: April 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address School Lane
Off Brooklands Avenue
Wixams
Bedford
Bedfordshire
MK42 6BH
Reference Number 151526

General Makeup

Number of pupils 436
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.85%
Girls: 51.15%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 18.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 25.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 19 28 47
2 28 32 60
3 33 18 51
4 24 39 63
5 36 27 63
6 27 32 59

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 61.2%
African 8.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 6%
Indian 4.6%
White, Other 3.9%
Mixed, Other 3%
White & Asian 2.8%
Asian, Other 2.8%
Pakistani 2.3%
Chinese 0.9%
Caribbean 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.2%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Lakeview School, inspected in October 2022.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
04 Apr 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 35 1
Third Preference 33 1
From another Local Authority 26 11

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Lakeview School had 397 pupils for 420 places. 23 places (5.5%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Wixams Primary” planning area

Bedford counted 161 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 164 in 2029–30, up 2%.

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 2025–26 Lakeview School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 10.1
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 17.4% of pupils at Lakeview School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 26 9
Social, emotional and mental health 24 1
Other difficulty or disability 10 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 7
Moderate learning difficulty 5 0
Hearing impairment 3 1
Specific learning difficulty 4 0
No specialist assessment of need 2 0
Physical disability 0 1

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.

Name Distance
Wixams Tree Primary Academy
Green Lane, Wixams, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 6BA
0.43 miles
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0.85 miles
Wilstead Primary School
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0.94 miles
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1.47 miles
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1.72 miles
Shortstown Primary School
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1.81 miles
Springfield Primary School
Orchard Street, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 7LJ
1.87 miles
Houghton Conquest Primary School
High Street, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK45 3LL
2.12 miles
Camestone School
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2.13 miles
King's Oak Primary School
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2.16 miles
Shackleton Primary School
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2.26 miles
Cherry Trees Nursery School
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2.27 miles
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2.37 miles
Cauldwell School
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2.46 miles
Peter Pan Nursery School
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2.48 miles
Bedford Road Primary Academy
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2.48 miles
Broadmead Lower School
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2.54 miles
Marston Vale Middle School
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2.75 miles
Kempston Rural Primary School
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2.96 miles
Wootton Primary School
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2.98 miles
Name Distance
Wixams Academy
Green Lane, Wixams, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 6BA
0.51 miles
Bedford Academy
Mile Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 9TR
1.89 miles
Daubeney Academy
Orchard Street, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 7PS
1.9 miles
Kempston Academy
Hill Rise, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 7EB
2.48 miles
Ridgeway School
Hill Rise, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 7EB
2.49 miles
Grange Academy
Halsey Road, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 8AU
2.57 miles
St John's School
Austin Canons, Bedford Road, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 8AA
2.61 miles
Rivertree Free School
Hillgrounds Road, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 8QP
2.63 miles
Bedford Girls' School
Cardington Road, Bedford, MK42 0BX
2.83 miles
Bedford Free School
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2.84 miles
Bedford College
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2.9 miles
Kimberley 16 - 19 Stem College
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3.09 miles
KWS School
51 Brunel Road, Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 9TJ
3.19 miles
Castle Newnham School
Goldington Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 3EP
3.33 miles
Bedford School
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3.45 miles
Wootton Academy
Hall End Road, Wootton, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK43 9HT
3.49 miles
Biddenham International School and Sports College
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3.51 miles
Goldington Academy
Haylands Way, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 9BX
3.7 miles
Bedford Modern School
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4.01 miles
Bedford Greenacre Independent School
Manton Lane, Bedford, MK41 7FZ
4.43 miles

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Lakeview School is part of Pioneer Learning Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

What is Lakeview School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lakeview School is Good, from an inspection in October 2022 of its predecessor, Lakeview School.

When was Lakeview School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lakeview School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Lakeview School have?

Lakeview School has 436 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lakeview School cover?

Lakeview School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Lakeview School?

Lakeview School is at School Lane, Off Brooklands Avenue, Wixams, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 6BH.

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