St Leonards CE Academy

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Thrift Road
 Heath and Reach
 Leighton Buzzard
 Bedfordshire LU7 0AX
Telephone: 01525 237253

School Type

Phase: Primary (ages 5-9)
Type: Converter Academy
Religious Denomination: Church of England
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2025
History: This school arose from St Leonards, Heath and Reach, VA Lower School
Trust: Diocese of St Albans Multi-Academy Trust
Sponsor: Diocese of St Albans

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Bowley
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 7.1 / 4.54
Non-teaching Staff*: 7.86
Sex: Mixed
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 7.7% (low)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 14.9%
Local child deprivation rate: 5.6% (2km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 23.9%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 24.0%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 3.4km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Electoral Ward: Heath & Reach
School Number: 8233310

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 19th March 2024 (view record)
Ofsted Rating: Good

External Links

DfE Record: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Oak Bank School (1.1km) show on map
  2. Heathwood Lower School (1.4km) show on map
  3. Dovery Academy (1.4km) show on map
  4. Vandyke Upper School (2.2km) show on map
  5. Gilbert Inglefield Academy (2.4km) show on map
  6. The Rushmere Park Academy (2.6km) show on map
  7. High Ash Church of England Primary School (2.7km) show on map
  8. The Mary Bassett Lower School (3.0km) show on map
  9. Beaudesert Lower School (3.0km) show on map
  10. Benjamin College (3.1km) show on map
  11. Linslade Lower School (3.3km) show on map
  12. Southcott Lower School (3.3km) show on map
  13. Leighton Middle School (3.4km) show on map
  14. Pulford CofE VA Lower School (3.5km) show on map
  15. Brooklands Middle School (3.5km) show on map
  16. Clipstone Brook Lower School (3.5km) show on map
  17. Leedon Lower School (3.6km) show on map
  18. Greenleas School (3.7km) show on map
  19. Linslade School (4.3km) show on map
  20. Cedars Upper School (4.4km) show on map
  21. Hockliffe Lower School (5.3km) show on map
  22. Woburn Lower School (5.6km) show on map
  23. Water Hall Primary School (5.8km) show on map
  24. Lift Sir Herbert Leon (6.0km) show on map
  25. Drayton Park School (6.1km) show on map
  26. Newton Leys Primary School (6.1km) show on map
  27. Stanbridge Lower School (6.2km) show on map
  28. Bishop Parker Catholic School (6.5km) show on map
  29. Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School (6.5km) show on map
  30. KWS Milton Keynes (6.5km) show on map
  31. The Premier Academy (6.5km) show on map
  32. Knowles Nursery School (7.0km) show on map
  33. Knowles Primary School (7.0km) show on map
  34. Overstone Combined School (7.1km) show on map
  35. The Cottesloe School (7.1km) show on map
  36. St Michael's Church of England Combined School (7.4km) show on map
  37. Eversholt Lower School (7.5km) show on map
  38. Fulbrook School (7.6km) show on map
  39. Aspley Guise Village School (7.8km) show on map
  40. Holne Chase Primary School (7.8km) show on map
  41. Swallowfield Primary (8.1km) show on map
  42. Drayton Parslow Village School (8.1km) show on map
  43. Heronshaw School (8.1km) show on map
  44. Heronsgate School (8.1km) show on map
  45. Newton Longville Church of England Primary School (8.2km) show on map
  46. St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School (8.3km) show on map
  47. Toddington St George Church of England School (8.4km) show on map
  48. Husborne Crawley Lower School (8.4km) show on map
  49. Walton High (8.5km) show on map
  50. White Spire School (8.5km) show on map
  51. Rickley Park Primary School (8.5km) show on map
  52. Lord Grey Academy (8.5km) show on map
  53. Wavendon Gate School (8.6km) show on map
  54. Baytul Ilm Secondary School (8.6km) show on map
  55. Chestnuts Primary School (8.6km) show on map
  56. Cambian Bletchley Park School (8.6km) show on map
  57. Parkfields Middle School (8.7km) show on map
  58. Lift Charles Warren (8.9km) show on map
  59. Abbeys Primary School (9.0km) show on map
  60. Barleyhurst Park Primary (9.1km) show on map
  61. Heronshill School and Nursery (9.1km) show on map
  62. Romans Field School (9.2km) show on map
  63. Ridgmont Lower School (9.2km) show on map
  64. Milton Keynes Preparatory School (9.3km) show on map
  65. Eaton Bray Academy (9.3km) show on map
  66. Moorlands Centre Nursery School (9.4km) show on map
  67. Cold Harbour Church of England School (9.5km) show on map
  68. Langland Community School (9.6km) show on map
  69. Glebe Farm School (9.6km) show on map
  70. Moorland Primary School (9.6km) show on map
  71. Kents Hill Park All-Through School (9.8km) show on map
  72. St Mary's Wavendon CofE Primary (9.9km) show on map
  73. The Redway School (9.9km) show on map
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  75. New Chapter Primary School (10.0km) show on map
  76. Emerson Valley School (10.1km) show on map
  77. Edlesborough Primary Academy (10.1km) show on map
  78. Howe Park School (10.2km) show on map
  79. Monkston Primary School (10.2km) show on map
  80. St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School (10.3km) show on map
  81. Houghton Regis Primary School (10.3km) show on map
  82. Merebrook Infant School (10.3km) show on map
  83. Weatherfield Academy (10.4km) show on map
  84. Tithe Farm Primary School (10.4km) show on map
  85. Macintyre School (10.4km) show on map
  86. Mursley Church of England School (10.5km) show on map
  87. Giles Brook Primary School (10.5km) show on map
  88. All Saints Academy Dunstable (10.5km) show on map
  89. Beecroft Academy (10.5km) show on map
  90. Bridge Academy, All-through Alternative Provision (10.5km) show on map
  91. Thomas Whitehead Church of England Academy (10.6km) show on map
  92. Westfield Nursery School (10.6km) show on map
  93. Wingrave Church of England Combined School (10.6km) show on map
  94. Thornhill Primary School (10.7km) show on map
  95. Lancot School (10.8km) show on map
  96. Oakgrove School (10.8km) show on map
  97. St Vincent's Catholic Primary School (10.9km) show on map
  98. St Paul's Catholic School (11.0km) show on map
  99. Priory Rise School (11.0km) show on map
  100. The Milton Keynes Academy (11.0km) show on map
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