Hockliffe Lower School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–9 · Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire
Hockliffe Lower School is a primary school in Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire for ages 4–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025.
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Catchment area for Hockliffe 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
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Key facts
- Address
- Woburn Road, Hockliffe, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–9
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 67 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this small village school.”
- “Pupils are well cared for through the strong pastoral support they receive.”
- “Mixed-age classes help pupils develop good relationships with each other.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, where the curriculum has been introduced more recently, the school has not fully evaluated how well the curriculum is taught or whether pupils are making the best progress they can.”
- “However, sometimes teaching does not build on pupils’ starting points precisely enough.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not learn the curriculum as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 12 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.
- Stanbridge Lower School 1.7 mi Good
- Beaudesert Lower School 2.3 mi School remains Good
- Toddington St George Church of England School 2.4 mi Good
- Leedon Lower School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Clipstone Brook Lower School 3.0 mi Standards maintained
- Heathwood Lower School 3.0 mi School remains Good
- The Rushmere Park Academy 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Tithe Farm Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged