Academy converter · Middle deemed secondary
Leighton Buzzard · LU7 2PA · Central Bedfordshire
Ages 9–13
Status: Open
0.7 miles away
OpenMiddle deemed secondaryURN 109689
Leighton Middle School
Community school · Leighton Buzzard · LU7 1EX
Phase
Middle deemed secondary
Age range
Ages 9–13
Pupils
597
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Age range
Ages 9–13
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (middle deemed secondary), Ages 9–13, in Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire, 597 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 11.4%.
Nearby middle deemed secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Age range
- 9–13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 109689
Location
- Address
- Church Square
- Postcode
- LU7 1EX
- Town
- Leighton Buzzard
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- District
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 597
- Boys / girls
- 302 / 295
- School capacity
- 600
- Capacity fill
- 597 / 600 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 11.4%
- FSM pupils
- 68
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Vallance
- Telephone
- 01525374907
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-07-17
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 76%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 19%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0