Heathwood Lower School
Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3AU
195 pupils · 130% of 150 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 5.8%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — 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 17 May 2023, published 6 July 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.26 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 27 | 34 | 115 | 27 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 30 | 48 | 102 | 30 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 40 | 84 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 34 | 78 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 29 | 25 | 79 | 28 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 29 | 39 | 93 | 29 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 28 | 22 | 82 | 28 |
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
- Dovery Academy 0.3 km · No overall grade (2025)
- St Leonards CE Academy 1.3 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- The Rushmere Park Academy 1.4 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Beaudesert Lower School 1.9 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- The Mary Bassett Lower School 2 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Clipstone Brook Lower School 2.1 km · Good (2019) · 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.