Lakeside Primary School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Tamworth, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.536 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Lakeside Primary School is a primary school in Tamworth, Staffordshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.

Lakeside Primary School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	0.536 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In 2026 the last Reception place went to a child living 0.536 miles away, the 10th shortest of the 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
Reception 2026 drew 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
That 2024/25 figure was the highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire that have results.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Leyland Road, Glascote, Tamworth, B77 2SA
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–11
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 224 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 27.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 26.3

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026

Strengths

“Pupils feel safe and cared for in this welcoming school community.”
“Relationships between staff and pupils are warm and respectful.”
“Pupils know there are trusted adults who will listen to them if they have concerns.”

To improve

“However, on occasion, in some subjects, the learning that pupils receive does not extend their thinking sufficiently.”
“This is particularly the case for the most able pupils.”
“Where this happens, pupils do not deepen their understanding as well as they should.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	77%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Staffordshire.

Oakhill Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
The Woodlands Community Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Glascote Academy 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good
William MacGregor Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Bird's Bush Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged
Amington Heath Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi School remains Good