Linslade Lower School
Leopold Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2QU
181 pupils · 80% of 225 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 4.1%
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 | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 25 November 2025, published 4 February 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.6 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 30 | 48 | 119 | 30 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 30 | 37 | 80 | 30 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 29 | 46 | 95 | 29 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 38 | 90 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 39 | 91 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 29 | 34 | 85 | 29 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 30 | 31 | 85 | 30 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 24 | 22 | 87 | 24 |
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
- Southcott Lower School 0.4 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Greenleas School 0.9 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- The Mary Bassett Lower School 1 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Pulford CofE VA Lower School 1.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- The Rushmere Park Academy 1.8 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Clipstone Brook Lower School 2 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.