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Husborne Crawley Lower School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–9 · Community school
School Lane, Husborne Crawley MK43 0UZ · hclowerschool.co.uk · 01525 280232
On the mapSearch near MK43 0UZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2023
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 42
- 70% of 60 places
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 0%
- First language not English
- 2.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 5 families put the school first and 8 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 8 | 5 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 11 | 10 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 100% |
Ofsted
Husborne Crawley Lower School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 4 May 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 4 May 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Dec 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (27 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 27
- 55% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied