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Broadmead Lower School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–9 · Community school
Park Crescent, Stewartby, Bedford MK43 9NN · broadmeadlower.beds.sch.uk · 01234 768318
On the mapSearch near MK43 9NN
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 228
- 76% of 300 places
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 19.3%
- First language not English
- 7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 47 families put the school first and 49 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 | 49 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 43 | 42 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 55 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 53 | 51 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 49 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Broadmead Lower School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Jun 2023
- 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: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jul 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (54 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 54
- 27% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (19%) with SEND