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Ramsey Manor Lower School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–9 · Academy
Manor Road, Barton-le-Clay, Bedford MK45 4NS · ramseymanor.co.uk · 01582 881318
On the mapSearch near MK45 4NS
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 293
- 98% of 300 places
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 9.2%
- First language not English
- 2.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 54 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 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 58 | 59 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 47 | 48 | 1▲ | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 43 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ramsey Manor Lower School on 24 September 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 24 Sept 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Sept 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109587), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109587)
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109587)
Nov 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109587)
Nov 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109587)
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (94 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 94
- 34% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 19% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (22%) with SEND