Lakeview School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bedford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bedford Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lakeview School is a primary school in Bedford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Lakeview 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 43 of the 53 other Bedford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 50 first-choice applications for 53 offers: 0.9 first choices per offer, the 17th lowest of 51 Bedford primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of the 124 applications for Reception 2026, 26 (21%) came from families living outside Bedford, and 11 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bedford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- School Lane, Off Brooklands Avenue, Wixams, Bedford, MK42 6BH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 436 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 50 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 50 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 Bedford.
- Wixams Tree Primary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Willow Grove Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wilstead Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Elstow School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cotton End Forest School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shortstown Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Springfield Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Camestone School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published