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Beaudesert Lower School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–9 · Community school
Appenine Way, Leighton Buzzard LU7 3DX · beaudesert.school · 01525 373019
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 278
- 96% of 290 places
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 9%
- First language not English
- 7.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 74 families put the school first and 56 places were offered; 68% 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 | 56 | 74 | 1.3▲ | 68% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 56 | 59 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 56 | 66 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 56 | 63 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 56 | 57 | 1▲ | 95% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 16 May 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Beaudesert Lower School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 15 May 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Feb 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (88 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 88
- 31% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (13%) with SEND