Lakeside Nursery & Primary Academy
About Lakeside Nursery & Primary Academy
Lakeside Nursery & Primary Academy sits within Surrey Heath, part of the wider Surrey local authority, and is one of 298 primary schools in the county. In the most recent local rankings, it placed 178th among those schools, putting it in the bottom half of Surrey primaries. For context, the top-performing peers in the same authority include South Farnham School, The Raleigh School, and Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School, all of which achieved significantly higher ranking scores. The school is a state-funded, mixed-gender primary for children aged 2 to 11, with no religious character. Headteacher Samantha Armstrong leads a school that currently has 300 pupils against a capacity of 508, and 20. 4 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in November 2023, confirmed that the school remains Good, an improvement from its previous graded inspection in 2015, when it was rated Requires Improvement.
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- Attendance & behaviour dataPersistent absentees, suspensions and exclusions vs national
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
2 Nov 2023Latest monitoring visit (2 Nov 2023): School remains Good
Source: Ofsted, 11 Feb 2015. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
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