Lakeside Primary School

What Lakeside Primary School does

Lakeside Primary School is a state-funded primary school located in the Lakeside area of Cardiff, Wales, operated and maintained by Cardiff County Council as a local authority maintained school. The school delivers free primary education to children from nursery age through Year 6 (approximately ages 3-11), with curriculum delivery in both Welsh and English under the bilingual model. It serves families residing in the Lakeside catchment area and functions as a community hub, offering Additional Learning Needs (ALN) provision aligned to the ALN Code for Wales 2021, outdoor learning programmes, and various extracurricular school clubs.

The school's service offering encompasses Foundation Phase, Key Stage 1, and Key Stage 2 education, including differentiated classroom teaching, outdoor learning, and extracurricular clubs. Before- and after-school childcare is provided on-site by Dragonflies Out of School Playcare Limited, an independent partner organisation. The school's digital infrastructure, including its public-facing bilingual website, is hosted on Juniper Education's school website platform. An Additional Learning Needs Co-ordinator (Mrs B Williams) oversees ALN provision and individualised support planning.

As a publicly maintained educational institution, Lakeside Primary School does not charge tuition fees. Operating funding flows from Cardiff County Council via the Welsh Government's education budget allocation, with ancillary costs (school lunches, uniforms, wraparound care) borne by parents and carers. The entity operates as a non-commercial public service with approximately 30 staff and a single campus site on Ontario Way, Cardiff (CF23 6HB). No commercial technology products, SaaS offerings, or revenue-generating services are provided; the entity is not an investment-grade commercial target and has no stock listing.

Name

Lakeside Primary School

Legal name

Lakeside Primary School

Website

https://lakesideprimaryschool.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lakeside Primary School is a Cardiff County Council-maintained primary school in Cardiff, Wales, delivering free bilingual Welsh/English education to children ages 3-11 in the Lakeside catchment, including ALN support, outdoor learning, and wraparound care.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Primary education
• State-funded schooling
• Welsh curriculum
• Additional learning needs
• Early childhood education

Headquarters

HQ city

Cardiff

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Lakeside Primary School is a state-funded mainstream primary school that delivers compulsory education to children from nursery age through Year 6 under the Welsh national curriculum, offered bilingually in Welsh and English. Beyond classroom teaching, it provides tailored Additional Learning Needs (ALN) support under the ALN Code for Wales 2021, an outdoor learning programme, extracurricular school clubs, and on-site wraparound childcare in partnership with Dragonflies Out of School Playcare Limited, funded primarily by Welsh Government and Cardiff Council grants with no tuition fees.

Product overview

Lakeside Primary School is a public primary school located in Cardiff, Wales. The school provides foundational education services to children, operating as a single-site educational institution rather than a technology product company. The school offers a curriculum-based educational program with additional support services including Additional Learning Needs (ALN) provision, outdoor learning, and various school clubs. No technology products or SaaS offerings are provided by the school.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Education (Nursery through Year 6) State-funded mainstream primary education for children from nursery age through Year 6 (approximately ages 3-11), taught bilingually in Welsh and English under the Welsh national curriculum and delivered on the Lakeside campus. Aimed at pupils residing in the school's catchment with parental application via Cardiff Council admissions.
• Additional Learning Needs (ALN) Provision Person-centred additional learning provision for pupils with identified ALN, delivered through Individual Development Plans and differentiation in the classroom under the ALN Code for Wales 2021. Coordinated by the school's ALNCo and intended for pupils at Lakeside Primary School who require additional time, support, or challenge in reading, spelling, mathematics, or social and emotional wellbeing.
• Outdoor Learning Programme (Dysgu yn yr Awyr Agored) Outdoor learning curriculum delivery (Dysgu yn yr Awyr Agored) that complements classroom teaching at Lakeside Primary School and forms part of the school's broader curriculum offer for enrolled pupils.
• School Clubs and Extracurricular Activities Extracurricular school clubs and pupil voice group activities provided for Lakeside Primary School pupils outside standard lesson time, supporting enrichment and pupil representation within the school community.
• Wraparound Childcare (via Dragonflies Out of School Playcare Limited) Before- and after-school wraparound childcare delivered on the Lakeside campus by partner provider Dragonflies Out of School Playcare Limited, available to families of Lakeside Primary School pupils and described under the school's Community page.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Cardiff County CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCardiff County Council is the maintaining authority for Lakeside Primary School. The school operates under the local authority's governance and collaborates with Cardiff Council on school improvement initiatives, ALN reform transition (ALNET Act), admissions, and regulatory compliance including Estyn inspections.
• Dragonflies Out of School Playcare LimitedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBefore and after school care provider operating on the school site, offering extended childcare services to families of Lakeside Primary School pupils.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Ton-Yr-Ywen Primary School: A Cardiff Council-maintained Welsh-medium primary school in north Cardiff, closely comparable to Lakeside as a state primary delivering Welsh-medium/bilingual education within the same local-authority footprint.
• Whitchurch Primary School: A maintained primary school serving the Whitchurch area of north Cardiff, directly comparable as a same-authority Cardiff Council primary with overlapping catchment and comparable bilingual/community engagement profile.
• St Cadoc's Catholic Primary School: A Cardiff Catholic primary school, comparable to Lakeside as a maintained single-site primary in Cardiff serving overlapping catchment families and offering wraparound school-day services.
• Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales Primary School: A Cardiff maintained Church in Wales primary school serving north Cardiff families, comparable to Lakeside as a single-site state primary within the same local authority competing for similar catchment families.
• Ysgol Gymraeg Coed-y-Gof: A Welsh-medium primary school in Cardiff, directly comparable to Lakeside's bilingual provision as a maintained primary delivering Welsh-medium instruction under the same Cardiff Council governance.

Broad incumbents

• GEMS Education: A large international K-12 school operator, relevant as a broad incumbent demonstrating the structural alternative to single-site maintained schools via multi-school portfolio models.
• United Learning: A large UK multi-academy trust operating dozens of primary and secondary schools, relevant as a broader incumbent in UK state-funded school delivery with materially greater scale, central support, and curriculum resources than a single maintained primary.
• Greenwood Academies Trust: A UK multi-academy trust operating multiple primary schools, comparable as a broader incumbent UK state-funded primary operator showing the multi-site scale model that contrasts with Lakeside's single maintained school.
• Cognita Schools: An international schools group operating primary and secondary schools across multiple countries, relevant as a broad incumbent showcasing how K-12 provision scales through multi-site operating models that contrast with Lakeside's single-site footprint.
• Nord Anglia Education: A global operator of premium K-12 schools, comparable as a broad incumbent in the primary/secondary education sector representing what scaled, branded school operations look like relative to a single maintained primary.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubevimeo.com/1189435962?fl=ip&fe=ec
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lakesideprm

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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