Templefield Lower School
Primary · Bedford · MK45 1AJ
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 19 January 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
290 pupils · 97% of 300 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 2–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 4.2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 9.9% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.2% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.templefield-lower.co.uk/
- URN
- 109527
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place37 places offered · 37 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 18 January 2023: School remains Good
- 24 May 2017: Good
- 2 October 2015: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.