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Lakeside Nursery & Primary Academy

Surrey Heath, GU16 6LGPrimaryAges 2–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Nov 2023
KS2 Results
47%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.0×
Not oversubscribed
31 1st-choice / 31 places
Ranking
#11,391
of 13,686 nationally

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.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range2 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressMindenhurst Road, Camberley, Surrey Heath, GU16 6LG
HeadteacherSamantha Armstrong
Local AuthoritySurrey
Number of Pupils300
Free School Meals (FSM)20.4%
School Capacity300 / 508 (59% full)
Nursery ClassesYes

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

2 Nov 2023
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Latest monitoring visit (2 Nov 2023): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 11 Feb 2015. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguagePhysicalLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

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Lakeside Nursery & Primary Academy has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.