Russell Lower School
Queens Road, Ampthill, MK45 2TD
437 pupils · 97% of 450 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 4.8%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 4 November 2022, published 15 December 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.04 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 90 | 94 | 153 | 90 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 90 | 110 | 166 | 90 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 90 | 109 | 166 | 90 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 90 | 89 | 142 | 89 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 90 | 92 | 126 | 90 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 90 | 90 | 129 | 90 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 78 | 79 | 112 | 78 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 85 | 85 | 119 | 85 |
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
- The Firs Lower School 0.5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Maulden Lower School 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Templefield Lower School 2.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Kingsmoor Lower School 2.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Flitwick Lower School 3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Greenfield CofE VC Lower School 3.4 km · Good (2024) · previous system
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.