St Leonards CE Academy

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Leonards, Heath and Reach, VA Lower School, inspected in March 2024.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover).

In 2025–26 St Leonards CE Academy had 16.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.5% of pupils at St Leonards CE Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

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All schools in Leighton Buzzard · Central Bedfordshire local authority: places and applications

St Leonards CE Academy is part of Diocese of St Albans Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Totternhoe Church of England Academy Dunstable
• Thomas Whitehead Church of England Academy Dunstable
• Manshead Church of England Academy Luton
• Kensworth Church of England Academy Dunstable
• Studham Village CofE Academy Studham
• Wenlock CofE Academy Luton
• St James' CofE Academy Bedford
• Ursula Taylor Church of England School Bedford
• Northill CofE Academy Biggleswade
• Caldecote Church of England Academy Biggleswade

What is St Leonards CE Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Leonards CE Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2024 of its predecessor, St Leonards, Heath and Reach, VA Lower School.

When was St Leonards CE Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St Leonards CE Academy was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does St Leonards CE Academy have?

St Leonards CE Academy has 117 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Leonards CE Academy cover?

St Leonards CE Academy for pupils aged 5 to 9.

Where is St Leonards CE Academy?

St Leonards CE Academy is at Thrift Road, Heath and Reach, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 0AX.