Southcott Lower School

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

School type

First school

Ages 2–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Southcott 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%

43 first choices, 56 places

First choices per place

0.77

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

115

any preference, for 56 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06

00.511.5

1 per place

0.8320220.8320230.8820240.8220250.772026

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

Every child who put Southcott 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).

School profile

Age range: 2–9
Pupils on roll: 296
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

3.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

2.4%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

10.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

4.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.0%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

6.9%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

23.9

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,239

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Leighton Middle School Leighton Buzzard · 0.9 mi 56.5 Linslade School Leighton Buzzard · 0.9 mi 53.7 Brooklands Middle School Leighton Buzzard · 1.6 mi 35.9 Eaton Bray Academy Dunstable · 5.2 mi 28.6 Totternhoe Church of England Academy Dunstable · 5.9 mi 11.7 Beecroft Academy Dunstable · 6.6 mi 25.4 Fulbrook School Milton Keynes · 6.6 mi 28.3 Lancot School Dunstable · 6.7 mi 49.8

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

About Southcott Lower School

Southcott Lower School is a primary school in Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 296 pupils aged 2 to 9 attend the school.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Southcott Lower School their first choice was offered one of its 56 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 23.9 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 4% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Southcott 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.