Ridgmont Lower School
Community school in Bedford, Central Bedfordshire.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Community school |
| Age range | 3 to 9 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 11 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 90 |
| Free school meals | 22.20% |
| Local authority | Central Bedfordshire |
| Address | High Street, Ridgmont, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK43 0TS |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | www.ridgmont-lower.org.uk/ |
| Telephone | 01525280236 |
| URN | 109476 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest full inspection: report card inspection under Ofsted's renewed framework (in use since November 2025), started 25 November 2025, published 29 January 2026. Report cards grade each area separately; there is no single overall grade.
| Safeguarding standards | Met |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Earlier graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 20 June 2023, published 18 September 2023:
| Overall effectiveness | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
Latest ungraded inspection: 23 March 2022, outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next.
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- Husborne Crawley Lower School (primary school, about 1.5 km)
- Aspley Guise Village School (primary school, about 2.9 km)
- Lidlington Primary School (primary school, about 3.3 km)
- Eversholt Lower School (primary school, about 3.6 km)
- Woburn Lower School (primary school, about 3.8 km)
- Swallowfield Primary (primary school, about 4.8 km)
- St Mary's Wavendon CofE Primary (primary school, about 5.3 km)
- Templefield Lower School (primary school, about 5.6 km)
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School data: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (downloaded 11 October 2026). Inspection data: Ofsted, state-funded schools inspections and outcomes management information (as at 31 August 2026). Last updated 2026-10-11.