At a glance
Key published figures for this school.
Ofsted inspection
Latest Ofsted report card
Report card grades
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
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 22 Jan 2026.
Inspection history
- Latest ungradedSchool remains Good
- Previous gradedGood
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 SG18. 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
- 78
- Free school meals
- 16.2%
- SEN
- 9.3%
- EAL
- 1.3%
- Attendance
- 95.8% Autumn and spring 2024/25
Also: Central Bedfordshire 11.9% · England 24.7%
Also: Central Bedfordshire 15.7% · England 18.2%
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 SG18 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.
8.3%
5% below England (13.3%)
Trends
Attendance
Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.
- 98.3%2020/21
- 93.1%2021/22
- 94.4%2022/23
- 94.1%2023/24
- 95.8%2024/25
Admissions
Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)
For September 2026 entry, 16 families put this school first. 14 of them were offered a place here.
- Named as first preference
- 16
- First-preference offers
- 14
- First preferences offered a place
- 87.5%
- Total offers
- 15
- Named on any preference
- 33
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)
- 75
- Pupils on roll
- 78
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 %
- 9.3%
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 Southill Lower School
Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.
- Clifton All Saints Academy
- Shefford Lower School
- Langford Village Academy
- Caldecote Church of England Academy
- Campton Academy
- Northill CofE Academy
- Raynsford Church of England Academy
- Haynes Lower School
Other nearby schools
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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