Lakeside Primary School
Primary schoolLakeside Primary School is a primary school in Cheltenham, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 511 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), January 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 28 January 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 26 March 2025
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 EducationIn 2024/25, 52% of pupils at Lakeside Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Gloucestershire and 62% in England.
9% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 9% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 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- Benhall Infant SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2023400 m
- St Mark's Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)410 m
- Greatfield Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)890 m
- Dean Close SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file900 m
- Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form CentreSecondary. Good (overall), September 2022. Attainment 8 of 49.6 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- Belmont SchoolSpecial. Standards maintained, February 20251.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Cheltenham
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).