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Lidlington Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Hurst Grove, Lidlington, Bedford MK43 0SB · lidlingtonprimary.co.uk · 01525 402377
On the mapSearch near MK43 0SB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- Demand for places
- 1.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 92
- 84% of 110 places
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 9.4%
- First language not English
- 1.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 23 families put the school first and 15 places were offered; 65% 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 | 15 | 23 | 1.5▲ | 65% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 16 | 15 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 16 | 12 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 16 | 14 | 0.9 | 93% |
Ofsted
Lidlington Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 23 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 23 Nov 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Oct 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (41 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 41
- 39% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied