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St Leonards CE Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–9 · Academy
Thrift Road, Heath and Reach, Leighton Buzzard LU7 0AX · stleonards.beds.sch.uk · 01525 237253
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 117
- 94% of 125 places
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 7.7%
- First language not English
- 6.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 15 families put the school first and 27 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 | 27 | 15 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 17 | 13 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 92% |
Ofsted
St Leonards CE Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 19 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109618)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2011
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109618), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109618)
Nov 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109618)