Greenleas School

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

School type

First school

Ages 2–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Greenleas 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, 43 places

First choices per place

0.86

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

110

any preference, for 43 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.11

00.511.5

1 per place

1.3220221.2020231.2020240.7520250.862026

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

Every child who put Greenleas 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

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 2–9
Pupils on roll: 680
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

8.8%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

11.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

11.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.9%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.4%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

9.3%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

25.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,512

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Linslade School Leighton Buzzard · 1.0 mi 53.7 Leighton Middle School Leighton Buzzard · 1.2 mi 56.5 Brooklands Middle School Leighton Buzzard · 2.0 mi 35.9 Eaton Bray Academy Dunstable · 5.5 mi 28.6 Totternhoe Church of England Academy Dunstable · 6.2 mi 11.7 Fulbrook School Milton Keynes · 6.8 mi 28.3 Beecroft Academy Dunstable · 6.9 mi 25.4 Lancot School Dunstable · 7.0 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

School overview

Greenleas School is a primary school serving Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 680 pupils aged 2 to 9 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Greenleas School 'Good'.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Greenleas School their first choice was offered one of its 43 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 25.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.