Ridgmont Lower School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–9 · Bedford, Central Bedfordshire
Ridgmont Lower School is a primary school in Bedford, Central Bedfordshire for ages 3–9 (community school).
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Key facts
- Address
- High Street, Ridgmont, Bedford, MK43 0TS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–9
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 11 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 3.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 25 November 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are at the heart of this small, caring school.”
- “They arrive eager to learn because lessons are enjoyable and achievable.”
- “Staff understand how each pupil learns and build on their individual strengths.”
To improve
- “Leaders continue to prioritise work to make sure that all curriculum subjects are taught equally well.”
- “For some pupils, the school has not supported them to be as secure in their writing as they could be.”
- “Sometimes, in wider curriculum subjects, pupils’ use of key aspects of grammar, such as the correct use of capital letters, is inconsistent.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 January 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 1 first-preference applications, 2 offers in total, 1 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Central Bedfordshire.
- Husborne Crawley Lower School 1.0 mi Good
- Aspley Guise Village School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Lidlington Primary School 2.0 mi Good
- Eversholt Lower School 2.2 mi Good
- Woburn Lower School 2.4 mi Good
- Swallowfield Primary 3.0 mi Not judged
- Templefield Lower School 3.4 mi School remains Good
- Marston Moreteyne VC School 3.5 mi Good