Heathwood Lower School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–9 · Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire
Heathwood Lower School is a primary school in Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire for ages 2–9 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 May 2023.
Open on the map Unlock every school · £9.99
Catchment area for Heathwood Lower School
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
One payment, no subscription: 3 months of every school and nursery in England.
Key facts
- Address
- Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3AU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–9
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 195 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 May 2023
Strengths
- “Heathwood Lower School is a calm and purposeful place to learn.”
- “They are polite, friendly and confident talking to adults.”
- “Pupils respond very well to leaders’ high expectations of behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, leaders recognise that continued adaptation is needed until this new curriculum is fully developed.”
- “Leaders are still developing the effectiveness of assessment in some foundation subjects.”
- “However, recent changes in subject leadership mean that some curriculum leaders are not yet fully familiar with their new areas of responsibility.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 23 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.
- Dovery Academy 0.2 mi Not judged
- St Leonards CE Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Rushmere Park Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Beaudesert Lower School 1.2 mi School remains Good
- The Mary Bassett Lower School 1.2 mi Good
- Clipstone Brook Lower School 1.3 mi Standards maintained
- Pulford CofE VA Lower School 1.5 mi Good
- Linslade Lower School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade