Lakeview School
School Lane, Off Brooklands Avenue, Bedford, MK42 6BH
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Lakeview School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jacqueline Normanton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 420
- URN
- 135374
- Local authority
- Bedford
About this school
Lakeview School was a community primary school in Bedford. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 420 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Lakeview School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2009, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 58 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 59% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 5% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 72% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 66% | 64% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 71% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lakeview School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bedford average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54% | 50.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 53.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 52.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 448 |
| 2023/24 | 439 |
| 2024/25 | 420 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lakeview School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 4.3% | 18.7% | 420 | — |
| Lakeview School | — | — | — | 436 | 0.0 miles |
| Wixams Tree Primary Academy | 60% | 5.4% | 19.8% | 559 | 0.4 miles |
| Willow Grove Primary School | — | 3.6% | 17% | 104 | 0.9 miles |
| Wilstead Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.9 miles |
| Elstow School | 74% | 4.9% | 21.5% | 413 | 1.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.69%
- English as an additional language
- 14.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.33%
- Persistent absence
- 10.89%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lakeview School0.0 miles
Primary · Bedford
-
Wixams Tree Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Bedford
-
Willow Grove Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Wixams
-
Wilstead Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Bedford
-
Elstow School1.5 miles
Primary · Bedford
Other schools in Bedford
- Balliol Primary School Primary
- Bedford Road Primary Academy Primary
- Brickhill Primary School Primary
- Broadmead Lower School Primary
- Bromham CofE Primary School Primary
- Camestone School Primary
- Carlton CofE Primary School Primary
- Castle Newnham School Primary
- Cauldwell School Primary
- Cotton End Forest School Primary
- Cranfield Church of England Academy Primary
- Edith Cavell Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Lakeview School teach?
- Lakeview School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Bedford.
- Has Lakeview School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Lakeview School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Lakeview School?
- Lakeview School had 420 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Lakeview School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 59% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Lakeview School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lakeview School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 9 July 2025.