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Harlington Lower School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–9 · Academy
Westoning Road, Harlington, Dunstable LU5 6PD · harlingtonlower.co.uk · 01525 752500
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 130
- 87% of 150 places
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 11.5%
- First language not English
- 2.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 30 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 97% 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 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
Ofsted
Harlington Lower School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 5 December 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 5 Dec 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: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2010
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Nov 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (61 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 61
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied