Lakeside Primary Academy, Doncaster

From the headteacher's welcome: "We hope it gives you all the information you need, as well as the opportunity to find out about your child's learning and the exciting enrichment and wider opportunities we offer pupils at this school. Lakeside Primary Academy is a happy, safe and friendly school. We are very proud of all of our children and their success they make."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £1.00 per day.

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils at Lakeside Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 61% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 77% in Doncaster and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 48% in reading and 43% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 31 families put Lakeside Primary Academy as their first choice and 52 named it as one of their preferences, for 32 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 Lakeside Primary Academy are St Peter's Catholic Primary School (under 0.1 miles, 76% reading, 66% maths); Bessacarr Primary (0.9 miles, Good, 81% reading, 84% maths); Town Field Primary School (1 mile, 63% reading, 72% maths); and Atlas Academy (1 mile, Requires improvement, 51% reading, 51% maths).

Lakeside Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Lakeside Primary Academy is one of 11 schools run by The Rose Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

63.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (30%), Asian (24%) and Mixed (10%).

The nearest railway station is Doncaster Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Carr House Road/Thoresby Avenue (opposite), 380 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 284 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Doncaster (131), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Lakeside Primary Academy issued 5 suspensions, 1.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Lakeside Primary Academy are XP East (0.3 miles), XP School (0.3 miles), Hall Cross Academy (0.9 miles) and Doncaster UTC (0.9 miles).