Ridgmont Lower School

State-Funded School

ridgmont-lower-school-central-bedfordshire-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

Central BedfordshireLocal Authority

Mid BedfordshireConstituency

MK43 0TSPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Ridgmont Lower School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–9, located in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 11 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 25 Nov 2025 · published 29 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Ethnicity

White

82%

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

82%Boys

18%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

18%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 9
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 11
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
18 Sept 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
15 Mar 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.