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Stondon Lower School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–9 · Community school
Hillside Road, Lower Stondon, Henlow SG16 6LQ · stondonlower.co.uk · 01462 850288
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2022
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 136
- 91% of 150 places
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 12.5%
- First language not English
- 2.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 17 families put the school first and 21 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 | 21 | 17 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 27 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 25 | 23 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 97% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 10 November 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Stondon Lower School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 10 Nov 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (49 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 49
- 33% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 61% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (20%) with SEND