Stanbridge Lower School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Central Bedfordshire
Tilsworth Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9HY
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 28/09/2022
Application demand
72%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.7%
16.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
120
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
120 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
72%
1st preference success rate
23 of 32 families who put it first got an offer
24
Places offered
48
Total applications
2.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 32 | 23 | ● 72% |
| 2nd preference | 11 | 1 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 5 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 48 | 24 | 50% |
1st preference success by year
Central Bedfordshire lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Samantha Gooding
- Address
- Tilsworth Road, Stanbridge, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9HY
- Phone
- 01525210328
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Heath & Reach · Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 109482
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 6% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 2% | — | — |
| SEN support | 17% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
120 pupils · 120 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
28 September 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessEarly years Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 86 pupils
Attendance
93.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
6.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
16.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
1.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.