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Sundon Lower School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Academy
Streatley Road, Upper Sundon, Luton LU3 3PQ · sundonlower.co.uk · 01525 872357
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 63
- 84% of 75 places
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 5.1%
- First language not English
- 9.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 10 families put the school first and 10 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 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 15 | 16 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 16 July 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Sundon Lower School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 16 Jul 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Feb 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Nov 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Replies
- 11
- 16% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied