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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- 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 · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 17 May 2022Graded inspection: 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 entry67 applications · 29 places offered · 26 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
- 2025 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2020 1.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Central Bedfordshire median
Dashed bars: as St George's Lower School (URN 109467), the previous school.
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 | 29 | 67 | 2.3 | 26 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 29 | 56 | 1.9 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 56 | 1.9 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2023 | 26 | 46 | 1.8 | 27 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2022 | 27 | 46 | 1.7 | 21 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 41 | 1.4 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 9 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2019 * | 14 | 21 | 1.5 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 21 | 34 | 1.6 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 13 | 26 | 2.0 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 13 | 20 | 1.5 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 20 | 19 | 1.0 | 9 | 0.45 |
| Sep 2014 * | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 7 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Rushmere Park AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.3applications per place
- 0.8 km · Central BedfordshireStandards maintained20252.7applications per place
- 0.8 km · Central BedfordshireGood20242.4applications per place
- 1.1 km · Central BedfordshireGood20231.8applications per place
- 1.2 km · Central BedfordshireGraded · no overall grade20254.5applications per place
- 1.2 km · Central BedfordshireRequires significant improvement 20261.9applications per place
- 1.2 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20242.8applications per place
- 1.4 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20234.3applications per place
- 1.8 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 146685 · 823/2069
- Trust
- Advantage Schools
- Capacity
- 150 pupils · 207 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 February 2019
- Replaced
- St George's Lower School (URN 109467)
- Address
- East Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1EW
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources