Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Urgent improvement | ||||
| Achievement | Urgent improvement | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Needs attention | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 28 April 2026Report card · 5 Needs attention, 2 Urgent improvement
- 27 June 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry114 applications · 60 places offered · 38 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
- 2025 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2020 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2018 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2016 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2014 1.7; 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 | 60 | 114 | 1.9 | 38 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2025 | 46 | 75 | 1.6 | 31 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2024 | 54 | 94 | 1.7 | 40 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2023 | 55 | 93 | 1.7 | 44 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2022 | 65 | 90 | 1.4 | 53 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2021 | 72 | 114 | 1.6 | 51 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2020 | 57 | 91 | 1.6 | 48 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2019 | 81 | 119 | 1.5 | 62 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2018 | 79 | 155 | 2.0 | 76 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 80 | 136 | 1.7 | 63 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2016 | 68 | 129 | 1.9 | 61 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 | 77 | 110 | 1.4 | 62 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2014 | 38 | 65 | 1.7 | 33 | 0.87 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Leedon Lower SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires significant improvement 20261.9applications per place
- 0.5 km · Central BedfordshireStandards maintained20252.7applications per place
- 1.0 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20242.8applications per place
- 1.2 km · Central Bedfordshire20262.3applications per place
- 1.4 km · Central BedfordshireGood20231.8applications per place
- 1.5 km · Central BedfordshireGood20242.4applications per place
- 2.3 km · Central BedfordshireGraded · no overall grade20254.5applications per place
- 2.5 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20234.3applications per place
- 2.5 km · Central Bedfordshire20254.0applications per place
- 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
- 109509 · 823/2177
- Capacity
- 360 pupils · 368 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Highfield Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3LZ
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources