Templefield Lower School

Community school·First school Central Bedfordshire·MK45 1AJ

School type

First school

Ages 2–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Templefield 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%

37 first choices, 37 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 37 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02

00.511.5

1 per place

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

Every child who put Templefield 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: 313
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

10.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

4.2%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

9.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.2%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

9.2%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

23.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£5,513

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Woodland Middle School Academy Bedford · 0.1 mi 26.5 Alameda Middle School Bedford · 1.6 mi 36.6 Parkfields Middle School Dunstable · 4.0 mi 36.0 Arnold Academy Bedford · 4.4 mi 47.2 Thornhill Primary School Dunstable · 6.2 mi 55.9 Fulbrook School Milton Keynes · 6.2 mi 28.3 Holywell School Bedford · 6.4 mi 18.7 Swallowfield Primary Milton Keynes · 6.5 mi 37.1

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

Templefield Lower School at a glance

Located in Central Bedfordshire, Templefield Lower School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 313 pupils aged 2 to 9.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Templefield Lower School their first choice was offered one of its 37 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 23.4 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Templefield 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.