Heathwood Lower School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3AU · Central Bedfordshire local authority
Leighton Buzzard’s School Grade C+ better than 38% of towns in England
What stands out about Heathwood Lower School
- No letter for this school: the reason is below.
- Over capacity: 195 pupils for 150 places
- 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, May 2023 (shown, not graded)
- 68% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (23 of 34)
- Homes in its postcode sector (LU7 3) sold for a median £390,143; Leighton Buzzard’s is £350,000
How hard is it to get a place at Heathwood Lower School?
68% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (11), 2022 (11), 2023 (5), 2024 (12), 2025 (18), 2026 (11). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Central Bedfordshire council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Central Bedfordshire council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
68% got their first choice
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025200 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
No letter for Heathwood Lower School
A first or lower school: pupils move on before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.
Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, May 2023.
Living near Heathwood Lower School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in LU7 3, the school’s postcode sector
Leighton Buzzard property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in LU7 3 sell for a little over Leighton Buzzard’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
14 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3AU
Heathwood Lower School: common questions
How hard is it to get into Heathwood Lower School?
For September 2026, 34 families put Heathwood Lower School first and 23 of them were offered a place; 27 places were offered in all.
What is Heathwood Lower School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (May 2023).
How much do houses cost near Heathwood Lower School?
Homes in its postcode sector, LU7 3, sold for a median £390,143 over the 36 months to August 2026 (1,122 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Leighton Buzzard’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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