Lakeside Primary School, Tamworth

Ofsted's report card from its 19 May 2026 inspection grades Lakeside Primary School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard and 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders place pupils' personal development and wellbeing at the centre of the school's work."

Achievement - Expected standard. "At the end of key stage 2, pupils' outcomes over time in the combined measure for reading, writing and mathematics are above the national average."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Attendance is broadly positive overall and the majority of pupils attend school regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have established an ambitious curriculum that identifies the important knowledge and skills pupils should learn over time."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children experience a positive start to their education in the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "This is an inclusive school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders care deeply about all pupils and staff members at this school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that learning is adapted to pupils' needs consistently well in all subjects, so that pupils, particularly those working at greater depth, deepen their understanding more effectively"; "Leaders should sharpen the precision of their analysis of attendance and behaviour information so that they can identify more quickly where strategies are working effectively and where further action is required".

In its own words: "Although advice on British values from the Department for Education is non-statutory, the school has obligations under section 78 of the Education Act (2002), as part of a broad and balanced curriculum, to promote the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of our pupils at school and in society as a whole."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care.

In 2025, 92% of Year 6 pupils at Lakeside Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 85% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 77% in Staffordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 90% in reading and 79% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 32 families put Lakeside Primary School as their first choice and 68 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Lakeside Primary School are Oakhill Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 69% reading, 63% maths); The Woodlands Community Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 73% reading, 68% maths); Glascote Academy (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 73% reading, 73% maths); and St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 74% reading, 77% maths).

Lakeside Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Lakeside Primary School is one of 3 schools run by Mercia Primary Academy Trust, an academy trust.

5.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 26 pupils (11.6%) received SEN support and 6 (2.7%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Wilnecote (Staffs) Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lakeside Primary School (adjacent), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 207 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Staffordshire (86), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Lakeside Primary School issued 7 suspensions, 3.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Lakeside Primary School are Lift Tamworth (0.5 miles); Landau Forte Academy, Amington (0.7 miles); The Wilnecote School (1.3 miles); and Landau Forte Academy, QEMS (1.5 miles).