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Primary · LU7 · Central Bedfordshire

The Rushmere Park Academy

East Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1EW

ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

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At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance97.9%
AttainmentNo KS2 at this school
AdmissionsAbout average
Pupils124

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Latest visit (Jun 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — inclusion, curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour and leadership and governance expected standard; personal development and wellbeing and early years strong standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. 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.

View on Ofsted

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
124
Free school meals
30.3%
15.3% above district average (15%)

Also: Central Bedfordshire 11.9% · England 24.7%

SEN
20.6%
1.8% above district average (18.8%)

Also: Central Bedfordshire 15.7% · England 18.2%

EAL
15.7%
7.6% above district average (8.1%)
Attendance
97.9%
3.2% above district average (94.7%)

Also: Central Bedfordshire 95% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
9.3%
Attainment
No KS2 at this school

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.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2197.9%
  • 2021/2296%
  • 2022/2392.7%
  • 2023/2493.1%
  • 2024/2593.2%

Admissions

Demand signal
About average
Published capacity (GIAS)
150
Pupils on roll
124

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Central Bedfordshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
20.6%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · ASD
Need types
ASD

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

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 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.
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