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Westoning Lower School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–9 · Academy
High Street, Westoning, Bedford MK45 5JH · westoning.org · 01525 712994
On the mapSearch near MK45 5JH
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 115
- 77% of 150 places
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 27.6%
- First language not English
- 10.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 11 families put the school first and 13 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 | 13 | 11 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 June 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Westoning Lower School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 5 Jun 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109490), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109490)
Jul 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109490)
Feb 2014Requires 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 109490)
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 30
- 26% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 20% who had a child bullied