Primary school in Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire
St Leonards CE Academy
Thrift Road, Heath and Reach, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 0AX
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 March 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 117
- Places
- 125
- How full
- 94% full — 117 of 125 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 59 / 58
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Central Bedfordshire 019A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 33%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 15%
- Households owning their home
- 77%
- Households in social housing
- 10%
- Households with no car
- 7%
- Adults economically inactive
- 36%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 5–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- DIOCESE OF ST ALBANS MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Sarah Bowley
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Ward
- Heath & Reach
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- URN
- 151804
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heathwood Lower SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | — | 0.8 mi |
| Dovery AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | — | 1 mi |
| The Rushmere Park AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | — | 1.7 mi |
| High Ash Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Requires improvement 2023 | 73% | 1.7 mi |
| Beaudesert Lower SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | — | 1.9 mi |
| The Mary Bassett Lower SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | — | 2 mi |
| Southcott Lower SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | — | 2.1 mi |
| Clipstone Brook Lower SchoolCommunity school | No grade | — | 2.1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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