Lakenham Primary School, Norwich

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at Lakenham Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 49% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 70% in Norfolk and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 53% in reading and 40% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 56 families put Lakenham Primary School as their first choice and 104 named it as one of their preferences, for 57 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Lakenham Primary School are Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery (0.5 miles, Good, 89% reading, 86% maths); The Free School Norwich (0.6 miles, Good, 75% reading, 61% maths); Bignold Primary School and Nursery (0.8 miles, Good, 68% reading, 68% maths); and Charles Darwin Primary School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 84% reading, 90% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Lakenham Primary School.

Lakenham Primary School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

35.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (56%), Asian (11%) and Black (9%).

In 2026, 81 pupils (19.3%) received SEN support and 10 (2.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Lakenham Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 10 places, 10 pupils on roll.

Lakenham Primary School had 28 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Norwich Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hospital Lane (adjacent), 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Lakenham Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 607 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Norfolk (28), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Lakenham Primary School issued 7 suspensions, 1.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Lakenham Primary School are Notre Dame High School, Norwich (0.5 miles); Hewett Academy (0.5 miles); Visiting Teacher Service Central (0.8 miles); and City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy (1.1 miles).