Leedon Lower School
Highfield Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3LZ
368 pupils · 102% of 360 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 23.5%
Ofsted
Needs attention (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Urgent improvement |
| Achievement | Urgent improvement |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 28 April 2026, published 21 June 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 — 0.63 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 60 | 38 | 114 | 52 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 46 | 31 | 75 | 33 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 54 | 40 | 94 | 45 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 55 | 44 | 93 | 48 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 65 | 53 | 90 | 60 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 72 | 51 | 114 | 61 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 57 | 48 | 91 | 53 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 81 | 62 | 119 | 75 |
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
- Clipstone Brook Lower School 0.5 km · Good (2019) · previous system
- Beaudesert Lower School 1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- The Rushmere Park Academy 1.2 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Pulford CofE VA Lower School 1.4 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- The Mary Bassett Lower School 1.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Dovery Academy 2.3 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.