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Stanbridge Lower School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Community school
Tilsworth Road, Stanbridge, Leighton Buzzard LU7 9HY · stanbridge.beds.sch.uk · 01525 210328
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 120
- At capacity · 120 places
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 5.6%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 26 families put the school first and 24 places were offered; 81% 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 | 24 | 26 | 1.1▲ | 81% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 24 | 32 | 1.3▲ | 72% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 21 | 19 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 24 | 26 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 23 | 24 | 1▲ | 92% |
Ofsted
Stanbridge Lower School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Sept 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: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (28 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 28
- 27% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 57% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied