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Lakefield CofE Primary School

Primary · Gloucester · GL2 7HG

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No current grade

Ungraded inspection: no current grade

Ofsted's most recent visit was an ungraded inspection; its outcome was “Standards maintained”. Since September 2024 these outcomes no longer confirm a named grade. No graded inspection appears in Ofsted's records for this school since 2015 either, so SchoolFacts shows no grade rather than guessing. Any earlier grade is on the school's Ofsted report page.

Inspected 4 June 2025

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At a glance

217 pupils · 103% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
17.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.lakefield.gloucs.sch.uk
URN
143208

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 21 families named it first for 21 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2018 entry went to 3.06 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 15 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

21 places offered · 21 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2018 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3.06 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

31 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers68%
Gloucestershire average61.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Potten End CofE Primary SchoolBerkhamsted · 79 miles awayExpected standard59%
Pensby Primary SchoolWirral · 113 miles awayNeeds attention50%
Audley Primary SchoolCaterham · 103 miles awayGood81%
Parkside Community Primary SchoolHeathfield · 127 miles awayExpected standard72%
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, RochdaleManchester · 122 miles awayGood59%
Culverstone Green Primary SchoolGravesend · 120 miles awayRequires improvement52%
Henham and Ugley Primary and Nursery SchoolBishop's Stortford · 112 miles awayGood70%
Heddon-on-the-Wall, St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 224 miles awayGood69%
Wolston St Margaret's CofE Primary SchoolCoventry · 58 miles awayGood67%
Barham Church of England Primary SchoolCANTERBURY · 156 miles awayGood58%
Carleton St Hilda's Church of England Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde · 146 miles awayGood76%
St Wilfrid's CofE Primary SchoolNottingham · 102 miles awayGood71%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 91% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Gloucestershire 3%, England 4%) · Not recorded 2% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.51 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Gloucestershire: 3.19 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% moved to another state school · 7% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

63.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,203; 18.8% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,954
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 85% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance -£19,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health53%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.1%62.3%
Social housing10.5%17.1%
Privately rented9%20.5%
Detached houses42.2%22.9%
Flats3.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms40.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022397 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£377,50027 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£252,000–£583,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£590,500
Semi-detached (6)£354,000
Terraced (9)£264,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (4.92 km, 2018 entry): 279 sales, median £400,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
2a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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