Leedon Lower School

Community school·First school Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire·LU7 3LZ

School type

First school

Ages 2–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Leedon Lower School is a first school for pupils aged 2–9. 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%

38 first choices, 60 places

First choices per place

0.63

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

114

any preference, for 60 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04

00.511.5

1 per place

0.8120220.8020230.7420240.6720250.632026

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

Every child who put Leedon 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

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Overall effectiveness

Requires improvement

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 2–9
Pupils on roll: 366
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

17.8%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

10.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

11.2%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.3%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

7.1%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

17.0%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,867

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Brooklands Middle School Leighton Buzzard · 0.1 mi 35.9 Leighton Middle School Leighton Buzzard · 0.9 mi 56.5 Linslade School Leighton Buzzard · 1.4 mi 53.7 Eaton Bray Academy Dunstable · 3.7 mi 28.6 Totternhoe Church of England Academy Dunstable · 4.2 mi 11.7 Beecroft Academy Dunstable · 4.8 mi 25.4 Lancot School Dunstable · 4.9 mi 49.8 Houghton Regis Primary School Dunstable · 5.0 mi 25.7

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

Leedon Lower School at a glance

Located in Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire, Leedon Lower School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 366 pupils aged 2 to 9. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Leedon Lower School their first choice was offered one of its 60 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 21.4 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Leedon 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.