The Rushmere Park Academy

Academy converter·First school Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire·LU7 1EW

School type

First school

Ages 2–9

Key Stage 2 performance

The Rushmere Park Academy 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

85%

26 first choices, 29 places

First choices per place

0.90

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 29 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07

00.511.5

1 per place

0.7820221.0420230.9020240.9720250.902026

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 The Rushmere Park Academy. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this 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: 204
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

29.8%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

15.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

12.2%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

8.3%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

20.0%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

18.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,495

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Brooklands Middle School Leighton Buzzard · 0.6 mi 35.9 Leighton Middle School Leighton Buzzard · 0.7 mi 56.5 Linslade School Leighton Buzzard · 1.3 mi 53.7 Eaton Bray Academy Dunstable · 4.4 mi 28.6 Totternhoe Church of England Academy Dunstable · 4.9 mi 11.7 Parkfields Middle School Dunstable · 5.5 mi 36.0 Beecroft Academy Dunstable · 5.5 mi 25.4 Lancot School Dunstable · 5.6 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

The Rushmere Park Academy at a glance

Located in Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire, The Rushmere Park Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 204 pupils aged 2 to 9. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection.

85% of the families who made The Rushmere Park Academy their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 18.4 pupils per teacher. 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.