Leedon Lower School
Highfield Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3LZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jen Lloyd
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 368
- URN
- 109509
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01525374713
About this school
Leedon Lower School is a community primary school in Leighton Buzzard. It teaches children aged 2 to 9 and has 368 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: requires significant improvement.
Trends over time
How Leedon Lower School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 435 |
| 2023/24 | 394 |
| 2024/25 | 366 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Leedon Lower School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.8% | 17.8% | 368 | — |
| Clipstone Brook Lower School | — | 5.6% | 12.3% | 306 | 0.3 miles |
| Beaudesert Lower School | — | 5% | 13.4% | 278 | 0.6 miles |
| The Rushmere Park Academy | — | 6.1% | 29.8% | 207 | 0.8 miles |
| Pulford CofE VA Lower School | — | 3% | 4.5% | 259 | 0.9 miles |
| The Mary Bassett Lower School | — | 6.1% | 17.4% | 378 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report28 April 2026
- 27 June 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.81%
- English as an additional language
- 10.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.78%
- Persistent absence
- 15.87%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Clipstone Brook Lower School0.3 miles
Primary · Leighton Buzzard
-
Beaudesert Lower School0.6 miles
Primary · Leighton Buzzard
-
The Rushmere Park Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Leighton Buzzard
-
Pulford CofE VA Lower School0.9 miles
Primary · Leighton Buzzard
-
The Mary Bassett Lower School0.9 miles
Primary · Leighton Buzzard
Other schools in Leighton Buzzard
- Beaudesert Lower School Primary
- Brookmead School Primary
- Clipstone Brook Lower School Primary
- Dovery Academy Primary
- Greenleas School Primary
- Heathwood Lower School Primary
- Hockliffe Lower School Primary
- Linslade Lower School Primary
- Pulford CofE VA Lower School Primary
- Southcott Lower School Primary
- St Leonards CE Academy Primary
- St Michael's Church of England Combined School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Leedon Lower School teach?
- Leedon Lower School teaches children aged 2 to 9. It is a primary school in Leighton Buzzard.
- Who is the headteacher of Leedon Lower School?
- The headteacher of Leedon Lower School is Mrs Jen Lloyd, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Leedon Lower School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Leedon Lower School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Leedon Lower School?
- Leedon Lower School has 368 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 9.
- Is Leedon Lower School full?
- Leedon Lower School has capacity for 360 pupils and 368 on roll (102%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Leedon Lower School a faith school?
- No. Leedon Lower School has no designated religious character.
- Does Leedon Lower School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Leedon Lower School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Leedon Lower School's absence rate?
- Leedon Lower School's overall absence rate is 6.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Leedon Lower School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Leedon Lower School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.