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Lawnside Academy

Lawnside, Biggleswade, SG18 0LX

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BEDFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS TRUST LIMITED is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance (2024/25)93.4%
Attainment (2024/25)–
Roll vs capacityBelow published capacity
Pupils283

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Report published 23 May 2023.

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (28 Jun 2017).

  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in SG18. Where we have them, council (Central Bedfordshire) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
283
Free school meals
23.3%
0.4% above district average (22.9%)

Also: Central Bedfordshire 11.9% · England 24.7%

SEN
16.2%
10% below district average (26.2%)

Also: Central Bedfordshire 15.7% · England 18.2%

EAL
6.9%
2.5% above district average (4.4%)
Attendance
93.4% Autumn and spring 2024/25
Same as district average (93.4%)

Also: Central Bedfordshire 95% · England 94.8%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the SG18 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

18.7%

5.4% above England (13.3%)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.

  • 95.3%
    2020/21
  • 89%
    2021/22
  • 92.1%
    2022/23
  • 93.6%
    2023/24
  • 93.4%
    2024/25

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 61 families put this school first. 56 of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
61
First-preference offers
56
First preferences offered a place
91.8%
Total offers
60
Named on any preference
160

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Below published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
420
Pupils on roll
283

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Central Bedfordshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
16.2%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Lawnside Academy

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

All schools in SG18 · Schools in Central Bedfordshire

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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