Ramsey Manor Lower School
General Information
- Address: Manor Road, Barton-le-Clay, Bedford, MK45 4NS – View on map
- Phone: 01582881318
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Colin Moore
- Age range: 4-9 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 53 families put it first for 54 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 14 of the 54 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 27
- % eligible for free school meals: 9.2%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (similar to the Central Bedfordshire average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14% a year (Central Bedfordshire 16.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 18% moved to another school, 82% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Central Bedfordshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 4 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 7 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Central Bedfordshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Autism 6 places · 6 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 7.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 16 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
Year 6 SATs results for this school haven't been added yet.
Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,520 (2024-25)
56th of 91 primary schools in Central Bedfordshire for spending per pupil
- #54The Mary Bassett Lower School£6,589
- #55Toddington St George Church of England School£6,562
- #56Ramsey Manor Lower School£6,520
- #57Greenleas School£6,512
- #58Lawnside Academy£6,487
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