Community school · Primary
Leighton Buzzard · LU7 3AU · Central Bedfordshire
Ages 2–9
Status: Open
0.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 151804
St Leonards CE Academy
Academy converter · Leighton Buzzard · LU7 0AX
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 5–9
Pupils
117
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Age range
Ages 5–9
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 5–9, in Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire, 117 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 7.7%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of St Albans.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 151804
Location
- Address
- Thrift Road, Heath and Reach
- Postcode
- LU7 0AX
- Town
- Leighton Buzzard
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- District
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: 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
- 117
- Boys / girls
- 58 / 59
- School capacity
- 125
- Capacity fill
- 117 / 125 (94%)
- Free school meals
- 7.7%
- FSM pupils
- 9
- 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
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of St Albans
- Governance
- Academy trust: DIOCESE OF ST ALBANS MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- DIOCESE OF ST ALBANS MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Diocese of St Albans
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Bowley
- Telephone
- 01525237253
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
Good
Inspection date
2024-03-19
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes