Report card · inspected Nov 2025
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Central Bedfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 18 November 2025Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 1 July 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry33 applications · 15 places offered · 16 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
- 2025 2.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2023 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2022 4.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2020 1.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2019 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2018 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2016 2.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2014 1.8; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2025 | 15 | 32 | 2.1 | 19 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2024 | 14 | 27 | 1.9 | 11 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2023 | 13 | 26 | 2.0 | 12 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 3 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2021 | 14 | 22 | 1.6 | 15 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2020 | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 | 13 | 26 | 2.0 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2017 | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 15 | 22 | 1.5 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 | 14 | 25 | 1.8 | 14 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Southill Lower SchoolThis schoolThis school20252.2applications per place
- 3.5 km · Central BedfordshireGood20222.8applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20231.6applications per place
- 3.7 km · Central BedfordshireGood20241.7applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · Central BedfordshireGood20241.5applications per place
- 4.5 km · Central BedfordshireGood20232.4applications per place
- 4.5 km · Central BedfordshireStandards maintained20242.3applications per place
- 4.6 km · Central BedfordshireStandards maintained20243.5applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 4.8 km · Central BedfordshireGood20232.5applications per place
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 109481 · 823/2124
- Capacity
- 75 pupils · 78 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- School Lane, Southill, Biggleswade, SG18 9JA
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources