Leedon Lower School
Primary school · Community school · ages 2 to 9 · Mixed
Highfield Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3LZ
- Pupils368
- Ages2 to 9
- Latest Ofsted28 Apr 2026
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date. This school has a new report card and an older inspection: Ofsted says “the new grades can’t be compared to the old ones”.
Report card · 28 Apr 2026
Category of concern: Requires significant improvement. What this means.
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingUrgent improvement
- AchievementUrgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Personal development and well-beingNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Early yearsNeeds attention
- SafeguardingMet
Report card grades run from Exceptional to Urgent improvement (five steps, left to right). Ofsted says “expected standard” means the school is doing everything it should — “It’s a high standard”. What the grades mean.
S5 Inspection · report published 21 Jun 2026
Graded inspection · 27 Jun 2023
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementRequires improvement
- Early years provisionGood
- Safeguarding is effectiveYes
Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 · report published 18 Sep 2023
Read the full reports on Ofsted’s website (opens in a new tab) — they explain the reasons behind each grade.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
- Pupils
- 368 (capacity 360)
166 girls, 202 boys - Eligible for free school meals
- 23.5% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)
Pupils with SEN support
Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.
2024/25
Pupils with an EHC plan
An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.
2024/25
Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years
2024/25
First language not English
This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.
2024/25
Attendance
Overall absence
The share of possible mornings and afternoons missed, for any reason (authorised or not).
2024/25
Persistent absence
Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions.
2024/25
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Community school (Local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Primary
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- URN
- 109509 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
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How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.