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Heathwood Lower School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–9 · Community school
Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard LU7 3AU · heathwoodlower.com · 01525 377096
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 195
- 45 over 150 places · 130%
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 5.8%
- First language not English
- 1.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 34 families put the school first and 27 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 | 27 | 34 | 1.3▲ | 68% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 48 | 1.6▲ | 63% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 40 | 1.3▲ | 70% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 34 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 40 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 17 May 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Heathwood Lower School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 16 May 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (49 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 49
- 27% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied