Heathwood Lower School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B75
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3AU
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Oak Bank School
Sandy Lane, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3BE
Ofsted: Outstanding
Independent
Phase
127
Capacity
9-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 23 October 2024.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 11.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 5.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 15.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 20
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 63.0%
- Continued in education
- 56.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 19.0%
A-Level Results
2022-23*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- 16-18 Cohort
- 11
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 126
- Boys
- 106 (86%)
- Girls
- 17 (14%)
- Capacity
- 127 (97% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 68.5%
- EAL
- 1.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 3.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £42,984/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 26.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 60.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 80.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.0%
- Black Caribbean: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.4%
- Mixed Other: 2.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.6%
- White Irish: 0.8%
80.0%
White British
4.0%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
4.0%
Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Sandy Lane
Leighton Buzzard, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 140286
- UKPRN
- 10043921
- Establishment No.
- 7018
- Trust
- OAK BANK SCHOOL
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