Westoning Lower School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–9 · Bedford, Central Bedfordshire
Westoning Lower School is a primary school in Bedford, Central Bedfordshire for ages 2–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 June 2024.
Open on the map Unlock every school · £9.99
Catchment area for Westoning Lower School
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- 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
- High Street, Westoning, Bedford, MK45 5JH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–9
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 115 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 June 2024
Strengths
- “Westoning is a happy and safe place, where pupils flourish.”
- “Pupils are keen to learn as soon as they arrive each day.”
- “They appreciate the stimulating activities adults plan for them.”
To improve
- “However, when this feedback is written, pupils do not always act on it.”
- “This means that errors and misconceptions are sometimes left unaddressed and pupils’ progress is slowed.”
- “However, there are inconsistencies in the teaching of early reading.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 11 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 11 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.
- Harlington Lower School 1.1 mi Good
- Flitwick Lower School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- Kingsmoor Lower School 1.5 mi Not judged
- Templefield Lower School 1.5 mi School remains Good
- Greenfield CofE VC Lower School 1.9 mi Good
- Toddington St George Church of England School 2.9 mi Good
- Sundon Lower School 3.1 mi School remains Good
- The Firs Lower School 3.1 mi School remains Good