Ridgmont Lower School

Community school·First school Central Bedfordshire·MK43 0TS

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Ridgmont Lower School is a first school for pupils aged 3–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

1 first choices, 2 places

First choices per place

0.50

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 2 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.50

00.511.5

1 per place

0.0020221.0020231.0020241.0020250.502026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Ridgmont Lower School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 25/11/2025 · Read full report ↗

Achievement

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Inclusion

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards

Met

School profile

Age range: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 9
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

33.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

0.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

66.7%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

11.1%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

16.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

2.8

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£41,501

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Fulbrook School Milton Keynes · 2.7 mi 28.3 Swallowfield Primary Milton Keynes · 2.9 mi 37.1 Woodland Middle School Academy Bedford · 3.5 mi 26.5 Alameda Middle School Bedford · 3.6 mi 36.6 Holywell School Bedford · 4.2 mi 18.7 Parkfields Middle School Dunstable · 4.7 mi 36.0 Brooklands Middle School Leighton Buzzard · 7.2 mi 35.9 Thornhill Primary School Dunstable · 7.3 mi 55.9

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Ridgmont Lower School at a glance

Located in Central Bedfordshire, Ridgmont Lower School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 9 pupils aged 3 to 9. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' when it was last inspected in November 2025.

Ridgmont Lower School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 1 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 2.8 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Ridgmont Lower School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.