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The Rushmere Park Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–9 · Academy
East Street, Leighton Buzzard LU7 1EW · therushmereparkacademy.co.uk · 01525 372096
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 207
- 57 over 150 places · 138%
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 23.3%
- First language not English
- 19.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Advantage Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 26 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 85% 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 | 29 | 26 | 0.9 | 85% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 27 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 26 | 27 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 21 | 0.8 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Rushmere Park Academy on 28 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 28 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109467), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109467)
Dec 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109467)
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 44
- 28% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (25%) with SEND