Lakeside School

State-Funded School

lakeside-school-hertfordshire-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

Welwyn HatfieldConstituency

AL8 6YNPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Lakeside School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Hertfordshire, East of England.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 115 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

54%

Asian

21%

Black

16%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Pupils

115

Total Pupils

69%Boys

31%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

31%

England average

27%

First language not English

22%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 115
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 19 July 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
21 Oct 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.