Lakeside Primary School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
469
AGES
3 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Nursery, Infants & Juniors

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This pupil heat map shows where pupils currently attending the school live.
The concentration of pupils shows likelihood of admission based on distance criteria

Source: All attending pupils Pupil Level Annual School Census
029 2087 2087

This School Guide heat map has been plotted using official pupil data taken from the Pupil Level Annual School Census collected by the Welsh Government. The data tells us where pupils lived at the time of the last Pupil Census.

Our heat maps use groups of postcodes, not individual postcodes, and have naturally soft edges. All pupils are included in the mapping (i.e. children with siblings already at the school, high priority pupils and selective and/or religious admissions) but we may have removed statistical ‘outliers’ with more remote postcodes that do not reflect majority admissions.

For some schools, the heat map may be a useful indicator of the catchment area but our heat maps are not the same as catchment area maps. Catchment area maps, published by the school or local authority, are based on geographical admissions criteria and show actual cut-off distances and pre-defined catchment areas for a single admission year.

This information is provided as a guide only. The areas from which pupils are admitted to a school can change from year to year to reflect the number of siblings and pupils admitted under high priority admissions criteria.

3 steps to help parents gather catchment information for a school:

  1. Look at our school catchment area guide for more information on heat maps. They give a useful indicator of the general areas that admit pupils to the school. This visualisation is based on all attending pupils present at the time of the annual School Census.
  2. Use the link to the Local Authority Contact (above) to find catchment area information based on a single admission year. This is very important if you are considering applying to a school.
  3. On each school page, use the link to visit the school website and find information on individual school admissions criteria. Geographical criteria are only applied after pupils have been admitted on higher priority criteria such as Looked After Children, SEN, siblings, etc.

How Does The School Perform?

Full Report
NATIONAL AVG. 2.17
Estyn Report
(01/03/2024)
Full Report - All Reports
PRI

Teacher assessment data for primary schools is not published at school or local authority level by the Welsh government. Parents can view individual school websites for the Key Stage 2 (age 11) subject level results for pupils in Reading, Writing, Maths and Grammar Punctuation & Spelling (GPS)

22.2:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
93.1%
NATIONAL AVG. 91.5%
Attendance during the year
English medium
Language of the school
MORE INFO
7.3%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
Ontario Way
Lakeside
Cardiff
CF23 6HB
02920 767050

School Description

Lakeside Primary School is a safe, happy and nurturing learning environment for its pupils. Overall, pupils make good progress from their starting points and most grow into articulate, questioning young people who are developing a strong sense of their community and the wider world. The broad range of pupil voice groups in the school enables many pupils to become involved in discussion and decision-making. This means that they feel listened to by teachers and leaders and can contribute meaningfully to school self-evaluation and play an important role in specific projects. Teachers and support staff offer pupils an interesting range of experiences across the curriculum. There is a strong emphasis on cultivating pupils’ literacy, numeracy, well-being, and creative skills in particular. This helps to give pupils the selfconfidence and skills they need to apply their learning and think and act creatively in other areas of the curriculum. Although there are plans to improve the teaching of Welsh, the current provision does not enable pupils to make steady, year-on-year progress in developing their Welsh language skills. Effective provision for pupils with additional learning needs in mainstream and in the Wellbeing Class helps them to engage in purposeful learning experiences. Senior leaders have high expectations of themselves, their staff and their pupils. They have built up a comprehensive understanding of the school’s strengths and developed a useful approach to self-evaluation that enables them to identify areas for improvement. However, they do not involve other staff in self-evaluation and improvement processes well enough. This means that, although teachers and support staff implement changes diligently in their classes or specific areas, they do not have a clear enough understanding of their involvement, or impact on, improving provision and pupil progress across the school.

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