Pulford CofE VA Lower School
Pulford Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1AB
259 pupils · 102% of 255 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 2–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 4.3%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
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 7 November 2023, published 17 December 2023. 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 — 0.93 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 45 | 42 | 82 | 44 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 44 | 58 | 104 | 44 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 43 | 53 | 103 | 43 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 45 | 52 | 78 | 45 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 45 | 62 | 96 | 45 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 45 | 57 | 91 | 45 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 45 | 52 | 82 | 45 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 45 | 50 | 85 | 45 |
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 Mary Bassett Lower School 0.4 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Clipstone Brook Lower School 0.9 km · Good (2019) · previous system
- The Rushmere Park Academy 1.1 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Linslade Lower School 1.2 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2025)
- Leedon Lower School 1.4 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Southcott Lower School 1.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · 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.