Primary school in Bedford
Lakeview School
School Lane, Off Brooklands Avenue, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 6BH
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 18 October 2022.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 436
- Places
- 440
- How full
- Nearly full — 436 of 440 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 223 / 213
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Bedford 022D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 41%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 9%
- Households owning their home
- 69%
- Households in social housing
- 17%
- Households with no car
- 6%
- Adults economically inactive
- 20%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- PIONEER LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Corisande Bateman
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Ward
- Wixams & Wilstead
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire
- URN
- 151526
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wixams Tree Primary AcademyFree schools | Good 2024 | 60% | 0.4 mi |
| Willow Grove Primary SchoolFree schools | No grade | — | 0.9 mi |
| Wilstead Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 0.9 mi |
| Elstow SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 74% | 1.5 mi |
| Cotton End Forest SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 77% | 1.7 mi |
| Shortstown Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 60% | 1.8 mi |
| Springfield Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 51% | 1.9 mi |
| Houghton Conquest Lower SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | — | 2.1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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