The Mary Bassett Lower School

Central BedfordshireCommunity school

Bassett Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1AR

Headteacher: Ms Hilary WheeldonSchool website ↗Pupils: 383 (capacity: 420)
Ofsted Good
Inspected May 2024
Good
Inspected May 2024
91%
First-choice offer rate

Ofsted RatingInspected 22 May 2024Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is not oversubscribed.
Supply meets demand.
How many places were offered?
60
How many families wanted this school first?
55
How many got their first choice?
50of 55 (90.9%)
How many applied in total?
116

Pupils & Inclusion

Boys and girls
48%girls·52%boys
182 girls, 201 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

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