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Templefield Lower School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–9 · Community school
Malham Close, Flitwick, Bedford MK45 1AJ · templefield-lower.co.uk · 01525 713625
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 290
- 97% of 300 places
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 9.4%
- First language not English
- 6.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 37 families put the school first and 37 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 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 49 | 47 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 56 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 19 January 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Templefield Lower School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 18 Jan 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective May 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 50
- 18% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied