Lawnside Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Biggleswade, Central Bedfordshire
Lawnside Academy is a primary school in Biggleswade, Central Bedfordshire for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 March 2023.
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Key facts
- Address
- Lawnside, Biggleswade, SG18 0LX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 283 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Lawnside Academy enjoy coming to school.”
- “They talk positively about their learning.”
- “They are proud of their school.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, leaders have not identified the precise knowledge pupils need to know and remember.”
- “This means that teachers do not understand how to support pupils to learn new content in these subjects, and there are gaps in children’s knowledge.”
- “In these instances, pupils do not build their understanding on what they have learned previously.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 61 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Central Bedfordshire.
- St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Biggleswade Academy 0.6 mi Good
- Caldecote Church of England Academy 1.8 mi Good
- Langford Village Academy 2.1 mi Good
- Sutton CofE VA Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Dunton CofE Junior School 2.6 mi Good
- St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good
- Northill CofE Academy 3.1 mi Standards maintained