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Clipstone Brook Lower School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 306Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 109521URN

Brooklands Drive, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3PG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodNov 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.7per place
0.5 above Central Bedfordshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Central Bedfordshire

160 applications for 60 places · 17th of 82 in Central Bedfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodNov 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025
The graded inspection, 5 November 2019Ofsted'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. 12 March 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 5 November 2019
    Graded inspection: Good

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
2.7applications per place, Reception
0.5 above Central Bedfordshire median (2.1) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

160 applications · 60 places offered · 45 named it first

  1. 2026 2.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 2.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 2.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 3.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  13. 2014 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Central Bedfordshire median in 12 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 2026601602.7450.75
Sep 2025591382.3490.83
Sep 2024601332.2570.95
Sep 2023461152.5360.78
Sep 2022591152.0500.85
Sep 2021521152.2370.71
Sep 202045861.9420.93
Sep 201939832.1320.82
Sep 201830913.0260.87
Sep 201740972.4340.85
Sep 201639922.4290.74
Sep 201562941.5370.60
Sep 201430612.0210.70

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
109521 · 823/2201
Capacity
300 pupils · 306 on roll
Free school meals
11.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Brooklands Drive, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3PG
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire

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