Roecroft Lower School

State-Funded School

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

East of EnglandRegion

Central BedfordshireLocal Authority

HitchinConstituency

SG5 4PFPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Roecroft Lower School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–9, located in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.

It currently serves 359 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

No DfE attainment data is published for this school — usually because the cohort is too small to report without identifying pupils.

Ethnicity

White

80%

Asian

Black

Mixed

10%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

359

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

13%

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: 5 – 9
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 359
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
10 Jul 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
13 Mar 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
7 Jan 2009	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.