Lidlington Primary SchoolRidgmont Lower School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Bedford.

Summary of the comparison

Lidlington Primary School and Ridgmont Lower School are primary schools in Bedford.

Lidlington Primary School scores 70 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Ridgmont Lower School scores 69 out of 100 (grade C, average). Lidlington Primary School is ahead on our composite score.
Lidlington Primary School was judged Good and Ridgmont Lower School was judged the expected standard.

Lidlington Primary School versus Ridgmont Lower School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	BedfordLidlington Primary School	BedfordRidgmont Lower School
Overview
Our score	B70/100Stronger figure	C69/100
Local ranking	70th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire Stronger figure	77th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Expected
School type	Community school	Community school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-11	3-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	92	11
Capacity	110	90
Location	Bedford, MK43 0SB	Bedford, MK43 0TS
Pupils
Pupils in the census	91	9
Free school meals (ever 6)	8.6%	33.3%
English as an additional language	0.0%	0.0%
SEN support	11.0%	66.7%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.1%	11.1%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.7% Stronger figure2024-25 · England 6.2%	5.5% 2023-24 · England 6.6%
Persistent absence	11.8% Stronger figure2024-25 · England 15.8%	16.7% 2023-24 · England 17.5%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.