Lakelands Primary School
Primary schoolLakelands Primary School is a primary school in Colchester, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 340 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), May 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 4 May 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationEnd of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Does not apply to this school | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Does not apply to this school | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- The Stanway SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, June 2023. Attainment 8 of 48.3 (2025/26, provisional)560 m
- Stanway Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)650 m
- Stanway Fiveways Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2022. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)710 m
- Lexden Springs SchoolSpecial. Inadequate (overall), January 2024, before the school changed, serious weaknesses720 m
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, ColchesterPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired PupilsPrimary. School remains Good, July 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Colchester
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).