Lark Rise Academy
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceNo overall grade
About the School
Lark Rise Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.
It currently serves 351 pupils. Lark Rise Academy is part of Chiltern Learning Trust.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2025
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Outstanding
Quality ofeducation
Outstanding
Personaldevelopment
Outstanding
Behaviour &attitudes
Outstanding
Early yearsprovision
Outstanding
Academic Performance
Well above average
Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24
- Reading, writing & maths
- 82%
- Higher standard
- 14%
- Reading score
- 109
- Maths score
- 108
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
50%Boys
50%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3 – 11
- Deprivation band
- Average
- Total pupils
- 351
- IDACI quintile
- 3 (Average)
- MAT name
- Chiltern Learning Trust
Inspection history
2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Apr 2025 | Outstanding | Outstanding | Outstanding | Outstanding | Not judged |
| 21 Jan 2014 | 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.
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