Linslade Lower School

Community school·First school Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire·LU7 2QU

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Linslade 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

62%

48 first choices, 30 places

First choices per place

1.60

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

119

any preference, for 30 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.37

00.511.52

1 per place

1.3020221.2720231.5920241.2320251.602026

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

Central Bedfordshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Linslade Lower School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this 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

Expected standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Inclusion

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards

Met

Early years

Expected standard

School profile

Age range: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 173
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

3.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

4.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

7.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.9%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

3.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

5.9%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

22.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,326

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Leighton Middle School Leighton Buzzard · 0.6 mi 56.5 Linslade School Leighton Buzzard · 0.7 mi 53.7 Brooklands Middle School Leighton Buzzard · 1.4 mi 35.9 Eaton Bray Academy Dunstable · 5.0 mi 28.6 Totternhoe Church of England Academy Dunstable · 5.6 mi 11.7 Beecroft Academy Dunstable · 6.3 mi 25.4 Lancot School Dunstable · 6.4 mi 49.8 Parkfields Middle School Dunstable · 6.5 mi 36.0

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

Linslade Lower School at a glance

Located in Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire, Linslade Lower School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 173 pupils aged 3 to 9.

Linslade Lower School is oversubscribed: about 6 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 48 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.2%. There are about 22.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 3% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Linslade Lower School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.