Ofsted: Outstanding trending_up Places Available
Hockliffe Lower School
verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted
personMrs Aoife Greaves
corporate_fareKINGSBRIDGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST
location_onLeighton Buzzard, LU7 9LL
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Ofsted
Outstanding
Inspected 2025
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Demand Ratio
0.8x
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Hockliffe Lower School is a Academy converter primary school in Leighton Buzzard, serving ages 4-9. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade.
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School Summary
Hockliffe Lower School is an academy converter in Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire, admitting pupils aged 4-9. It is part of KINGSBRIDGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST. The school has approximately 65 pupils on roll, of whom 3% are eligible for free school meals.
Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.
In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.8× capacity.
The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.
In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 2.2 per 1,000 pupils per term.
verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted
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Inspection History
3 EvaluationsS5 Inspection EIF
Not Judged
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Why no overall grade?
From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.
Education
Good
Behaviour
Good
Development
Good
Leadership
Good
S5 Inspection EIF
Outstanding
Education
No Judgement
Behaviour
No Judgement
Development
No Judgement
Leadership
Outstanding
None EIF
Good
Education
No Judgement
Behaviour
No Judgement
Development
No Judgement
Leadership
Good
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