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Greenleas School

Primary · Leighton Buzzard · LU7 2AB

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 14 February 2024

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At a glance

664 pupils · 100% of 600 capacity

School type
Community school
Age range
2–9
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
9.4% of pupils
English as additional language
11.8% of pupils
SEN support
11.9% of pupils
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.greenleas.net
URN
109591

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.86 first-choice applications per place

43 places offered · 37 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

22/23
22/23
23/24
23/24
24/25
24/25
25/26
26/27

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)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.8%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
27
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 4% 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

This school£6,512
Typical primary school£6,960

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

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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