Directory of schools in Central Bedfordshire - Leighton Middle School - Leighton Buzzard

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Leighton Middle School - Leighton Buzzard

Open events for parents and carers

Saturday 16 November 2024

9am until midday. Visit the school's website to book an appointment.

Tuesday 26 November until Friday 29 November 2024

Open week tours at 9am, 9:20am and 10am.

Visit the school's website to book a tour.

Type of school

Middle School - Community

Church Square

Leighton Buzzard

Bedfordshire

LU7 1EX

Telephone

01525 374907

Email address

office@leighton.cbeds.co.uk

Website

http://www.leightonmiddle.org.uk/

Headteacher

Claire Vallance

Age range

9 to 13

Ofsted inspection

View report on Ofsted's website

Apply for a middle school place online

Published admission numbers (places available)

150

Designated measuring point

Centre of memorial garden

Oversubscription criteria

Oversubscription criteria:

all 'looked after' children or children who were previously 'looked after', including children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted (see definition below)
children of staff (see definition below)
children living in the catchment area with siblings at the school
children living in the catchment area
other children with siblings at the school
children who live nearest to the school determined by straight line distance from the school site to the child’s home address

Definition of 'children who appear to have been in state care outside of England'

Children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place outside of England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole purpose if to benefit society.

Definition of 'children of staff'

Permanent full or part-time staff who have either been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of application or recruited to fill a vacant post where there was a demonstrable skill shortage. The relationship to the child is defined as by blood or adoption or with legal parental responsibility and living with the child in the same house Monday – Friday.

Allocation statistics

Allocation statistics
Published admission number (PAN)	Requests	Places offered	Last place offered
150 (allocated to 155)	228	155	At the time of the initial allocation in April 2024, the last place offered was to a child in criterion "other children with siblings at the school" who lived a distance of 2,468.37 metres from the school.

In-year admissions