Report card · our summaryExpected standard

Ridgmont Lower School

Primary · Central Bedfordshire · MK43 0TS

↑ ImprovingRanks above 9% of area schools (48 primary schools in Central Bedfordshire)

Note Ofsted report cards grade each area separately with no single overall grade. This headline is a School Finder summary of the weakest core area, not an Ofsted grade.

School details

Community schoolNursery

Type	Community school
Gender	Mixed
Age range	3–9
Pupils on roll	11
Sixth form	No
Nursery classes	Yes
Setting	Rural

Type

Community school

Gender

Mixed

Age range

3–9

Pupils on roll

Sixth form

Nursery classes

Yes

Setting

Rural

Inspection history

Ofsted report card — Expected standard

Inspected 25/11/2025 · Safeguarding: Met

Inclusion	Expected standard
Achievement	Expected standard
Safeguarding standards	Met
Curriculum and teaching	Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour	Strong standard
Leadership and governance	Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing	Expected standard

Inclusion

Expected standard

Achievement

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards

Met

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Previous framework (overall effectiveness) — Requires improvement

Inspected 20/06/2023 · Safeguarding: Yes

Early years	Requires improvement
Personal development	Good
Quality of education	Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Leadership and management	Requires improvement

Early years

Requires improvement

Personal development

Good

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Local house prices

Homes within 1 mile sold for a median of £549,000 (8 sales in the window).

A neighbourhood indicator from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. It is not a catchment measure and does not imply any link between school quality and house prices.