Ridgmont Lower School
High Street, Bedford, MK43 0TS
11 pupils · 12% of 90 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 22.2%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 25 November 2025, published 29 January 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.5 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 7 | 6 | 19 | 7 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 8 | 6 | 15 | 7 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Husborne Crawley Lower School 1.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Aspley Guise Village School 2.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Thomas Johnson Lower School 3.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Eversholt Lower School 3.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Woburn Lower School 3.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Swallowfield Primary 4.8 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.