Lace Hill Academy

Name

Lace Hill Academy

Legal name

Lacehill Academy

Website

https://lacehillacademy.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Nursery School Programs (2–4 Years) (EDACACAB)

Keywords

• Primary school education
• Early years education
• Nursery admissions
• Wrap-around childcare
• Primary curriculum

Headquarters

HQ city

Buckingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lace Hill Academy is a state-funded primary school in Buckingham, England, providing full-time education to children aged 3-11 from Nursery through Year 6 under the National Curriculum. The school is part of the Campfire Education Trust and offers fee-paying nursery admissions, wrap-around before/after-school childcare, school lunches, and a Pupil Parliament student leadership programme alongside its SEND/Local Offer provision.

Product overview

Lace Hill Academy is a primary school (part of Campfire Education Trust) offering a comprehensive educational program from Nursery through Year 6. The school provides early years education (EYFS/Nursery/Reception), a full primary curriculum covering core subjects (English, Maths, Science) and foundation subjects (History, Geography, Computing, Music, PE, RE, Art, Design Technology, Modern Foreign Languages), plus wrap-around childcare services. The school also operates a Pupil Parliament student leadership program and offers wrap-around care for nursery and main school students.

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Products and services

• Primary Education Program (Nursery to Year 6) Comprehensive state-funded primary school education for children aged 3-11, covering the Early Years Foundation Stage (Nursery/Reception), Key Stage 1 (Years 1-2) and Key Stage 2 (Years 3-6), delivered under the National Curriculum with core subjects (English, Maths, Science) and foundation subjects (History, Geography, Computing, Music, PE, RE, Art, Design Technology, Modern Foreign Languages, PSHRE). Includes SEND/Local Offer provision.
• Nursery Admissions (EYFS) Fee-paying early years education placement for children typically aged 3-4, following the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, providing foundational learning in a school nursery setting as a stepping stone into Reception.
• Wrap-Around Care (Nursery and Main School) Before- and after-school childcare provision for nursery and main school pupils, offering flexible care options to support working parents outside standard school hours.
• School Hall Hire Hire of the school hall for community and private events, generating supplementary income for the school.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Campfire Education TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLace Hill Academy is part of the Campfire Education Trust, a multi-academy trust. The trust governs the school, provides strategic oversight, and the school's logo and branding reference the trust's Campfire Education Trust logo. The school also shares trust-wide policies and values.
• Pupil Parliament (Internal)coreOthersThe school operates a Pupil Parliament comprising 12 class MPs, elected democratically each academic year. The Pupil Parliament meets weekly to discuss ideas about making a difference to the school and community, and plans how to put pupils' ideas into action.
• Campfire Education TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrivacy Policy page confirms the school's affiliation with Campfire Education Trust as the sponsoring trust.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Bright Horizons Family Solutions: Bright Horizons runs nurseries and before/after-school clubs across the UK. Comparable as a fee-paying wrap-around and nursery operator competing for the same EYFS and working-parent segment as Lace Hill's nursery and wrap-around services.
• Busy Bees Nurseries: Busy Bees operates a large UK nursery chain serving EYFS-aged children with fee-paying early years provision. While not a state primary, it competes with Lace Hill's Nursery arm for parents seeking EYFS delivery and wrap-around services.

Broad incumbents

• ARK Schools (ARK Primary academies): ARK runs multiple state primary academies across England under a multi-academy trust structure. It shares the same state-funded operating model and governance framework as Lace Hill Academy.
• Harris Federation Primary Academies: Harris Federation runs a large portfolio of state primary academies across London and southern England. As a multi-academy trust with similar governance, funding, and curriculum structures, Harris is a broad incumbent peer for Lace Hill within the UK state primary landscape.
• Cognita Schools: Cognita operates a portfolio of independent schools globally. It is a broad incumbent peer in the UK K–12 operating space but operates under a fee-paying model rather than state funding, contrasting with Lace Hill's public-funded model.
• Oasis Community Learning Primary Schools: Oasis Community Learning operates a national network of state-funded primary and secondary academies. Comparable as a broader multi-academy trust peer with similar per-pupil funding mechanics and central oversight.

Regional players

• Nord Anglia Education: Nord Anglia operates premium international schools across multiple geographies with a broad curriculum and wrap-around services. Useful as a peer on the private/international fee-paying side, though it does not directly compete in the UK state primary catchment.
• Bourton Meadow Academy (local primary peer): Bourton Meadow Academy is a state primary school in the Buckingham area serving a similar local catchment. Direct regional competitor for admissions, with overlapping EYFS, KS1, and KS2 cohorts in the same geography.

Direct peers

• Reach Academy Feltham: Reach Academy Feltham is a state-funded primary school operating within a multi-academy trust, serving a defined local catchment with wrap-around care and an extended curriculum. Its operating model — small site, trust-backed governance, full wrap-around services — closely mirrors Lace Hill Academy.
• Campfire Education Trust sibling primaries: Other primary schools governed by Campfire Education Trust are the closest direct peers — sharing identical governance, policies, branding, and central support, and operating in similar rural/semi-rural English catchments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/lacehill_earlyyears
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lace-hill-academy

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Investors

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Investments

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