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Shillington Lower School

  • 2–9Ages
  • 94Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 109480URN

Greenfields, Shillington, Hitchin, SG5 3NX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 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
0.7 above Central Bedfordshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Central Bedfordshire

28 applications for 10 places
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 3 July 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 3 July 2023
    Graded inspection: Good
  2. 20 July 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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
0.7 above Central Bedfordshire median (2.1) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

28 applications · 10 places offered · 9 named it first

  1. 2026 2.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  13. 2014 2.2; 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 202610282.890.90
Sep 202520301.5190.95
Sep 202415271.8140.93
Sep 202313231.8120.92
Sep 202218321.8170.94
Sep 202118321.8181.00
Sep 202025471.9230.92
Sep 201926491.9250.96
Sep 201824361.5230.96
Sep 201720311.6201.00
Sep 201630431.4301.00
Sep 201528431.5260.93
Sep 201412262.2121.00

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
109480 · 823/2122
Capacity
150 pupils · 94 on roll
Free school meals
15.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Greenfields, Shillington, Hitchin, SG5 3NX
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire

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