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Lawnside Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Academy
Lawnside, Biggleswade SG18 0LX · lawnsideacademy.org.uk · 01767 312313
On the mapSearch near SG18 0LX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 283
- 67% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 23.3%
- First language not English
- 8.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 61 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 92% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 61 | 1▲ | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 61 | 39 | 0.6 | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 54 | 35 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 39 | 32 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 39 | 33 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | n/a | 62% |
| Higher standard | n/a | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | n/a | 106 |
| Maths | n/a | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | n/a | 105 |
Ofsted
Lawnside Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109500), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109500)
Apr 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109500)
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 23
- 13% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied