Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 4 May 2023
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted’s survey of parents at this school
100%
of parents would recommend this school to another parent
24 responses up to 1 April 2024 · 36% response rate
My child is happy at this school.
100% agreeMy child feels safe at this school.
100% agreeThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
100% agreeMy child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively.
75% agreeThe school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year.
96% agreeChalton Lower School's last overall grade from Ofsted was Good, on 6 June 2018. Ofsted inspected it again on 4 May 2023 without giving a new overall grade.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
No. Distance only counts when Chalton Lower School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Central Bedfordshire, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Chalton Lower School had 65 pupils aged 4 to 9 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 75. It is a mixed school.