Primary · LU7 · Leighton Buzzard

Leedon Lower School

Highfield Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3LZ

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OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)93.6%
Attainment (2024/25)No KS2 at this school
Roll vs capacityClose to published capacity
Pupils368

Ofsted inspection

Latest Ofsted report card

Report card grades

Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Urgent improvement
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Early years
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Ofsted grades each area on its own, from urgent improvement up to exceptional. Expected standard means the school is doing everything it should. These grades cannot be compared with the old overall grades.

Report published 21 Jun 2026.

Inspection history

  • Last overall gradeRequires improvement
  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in LU7. Where we have them, council (Central Bedfordshire) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
368
Free school meals
23.5%
8.7% above district average (14.8%)

Also: Central Bedfordshire 11.9% · England 24.7%

SEN
14.5%
4.3% below district average (18.8%)

Also: Central Bedfordshire 15.7% · England 18.2%

EAL
10.1%
2% above district average (8.1%)
Attendance
93.6% Autumn and spring 2024/25
0.3% below district average (93.9%)

Also: Central Bedfordshire 95% · England 94.8%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the LU7 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

14.9%

1.6% above England (13.3%)

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 38 families put this school first. All of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
38
First-preference offers
38
First preferences offered a place
100%
Total offers
60
Named on any preference
114

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Close to published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
360
Pupils on roll
368

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Central Bedfordshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
14.5%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Leedon Lower School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • We do not publish school photos. The banner shows initials from the school name.
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