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Husborne Crawley Lower School

  • 4–9Ages
  • 42Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 109460URN

School Lane, Husborne Crawley, MK43 0UZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
0.6 above Central Bedfordshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Central Bedfordshire

22 applications for 8 places
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 4 May 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.8applications per place, Reception
0.6 above Central Bedfordshire median (2.1) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

22 applications · 8 places offered · 5 named it first

  1. 2026 2.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 5.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 4.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 3.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 6.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6
  • This school
  • Central Bedfordshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20268222.850.63
Sep 20254205.041.00
Sep 202410292.9101.00
Sep 202311181.6100.91
Sep 20223134.320.67
Sep 202112272.3110.92
Sep 20207223.150.71
Sep 20193186.031.00
Sep 201813312.4131.00
Sep 20177182.650.71
Sep 201612272.3121.00
Sep 201510262.6101.00
Sep 201412171.4100.83

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
109460 · 823/2059
Capacity
60 pupils · 42 on roll
Free school meals
0.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 1900
Address
School Lane, Husborne Crawley, MK43 0UZ
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources