Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy, Tamworth

Ofsted's report card from its 3 March 2026 inspection grades Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Many children arrive at the school with a rudimentary range of vocabulary."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils attend school regularly and most arrive on time."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have strengthened key parts of the curriculum so that pupils gain the knowledge and skills they need for success in key stage 2."

Early years - Expected standard. "Staff interact warmly with children, modelling speaking and listening and expecting children to mirror this behaviour."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "This is an inclusive school that values and celebrates difference."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders run the school with empathy and kindness."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The personal development of pupils begins from their first days in school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should further develop staff expertise to adapt teaching so that all pupils, especially those with special educational needs, progress well across the curriculum"; "Leaders should check pupils are routinely given opportunities to apply their understanding of number and the methods they use to calculate, to reason mathematically, and to deepen their understanding of mathematical concepts, so that they develop their mathematical skills consistently well"; "Leaders should make sure teachers identify errors in pupils' learning promptly, such as incorrect letter formation, so that small mistakes do not become long-term barriers to pupils being able to apply their learning fluently".

In its own words: "In accordance with The Department for Education, we aim to actively promote fundamental British values to ensure Lark Hall children leave school prepared for life in modern Britain and ready to have a positive influence in our rich and diverse society."

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

For September 2026 entry, 18 families put Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy as their first choice and 42 named it as one of their preferences, for 18 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy are St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 54% reading, 58% maths); St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School (under 0.1 miles); Coton Green Primary School (0.3 miles, 74% reading, 67% maths); and Flax Hill Junior Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 84% reading, 81% maths).

Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy is one of 3 schools run by Mercia Primary Academy Trust, an academy trust.

34 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy (as of April 2026): 100% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (94%).

10% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (85%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 11 pupils (11%) received SEN support and 1 (1%) 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.

Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy had 7 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Tamworth Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

22 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lark Hall Infant and Nursery Academy (adjacent), 40 metres away.

In 2024/25, Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy issued 3 suspensions, 3.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy are Lift Rawlett (0.3 miles); and Landau Forte Academy, QEMS (0.7 miles).