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Stanbridge Lower School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 120Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 109482URN

Tilsworth Road, Stanbridge, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9HY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.3 below Central Bedfordshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Central Bedfordshire

44 applications for 24 places · 53rd of 82 in Central Bedfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 28 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
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
1.8applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Central Bedfordshire median (2.1) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

44 applications · 24 places offered · 26 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Central Bedfordshire median in 1 of 13 years.
  • 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 202624441.8261.08
Sep 202524482.0321.33
Sep 202421351.7190.90
Sep 202324381.6261.08
Sep 202223341.5241.04
Sep 202113171.3131.00
Sep 202011161.590.82
Sep 201916231.4140.88
Sep 201820301.5201.00
Sep 201721301.4190.90
Sep 201620291.5170.85
Sep 201523321.4220.96
Sep 20149141.691.00

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
109482 · 823/2125
Capacity
120 pupils · 120 on roll
Free school meals
5.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Tilsworth Road, Stanbridge, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9HY
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire

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