Southill Lower School

State-Funded School

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

East of EnglandRegion

Central BedfordshireLocal Authority

North BedfordshireConstituency

SG18 9JAPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Southill 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 78 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 18 Nov 2025 · published 22 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

94%

Black

Mixed

Pupils

Total Pupils

58%Boys

42%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

17%

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: 78
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 1 July 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
18 Mar 2011	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.