Clipstone Brook Lower School
Community school in Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3PG, taking ages 3 to 9, 306 on roll.
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In 2026/27, the furthest child offered a place lived 10.87 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.
How this compares: every Central Bedfordshire school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 10.87 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2026/27.
Clipstone Brook Lower School: 10.87 miles, 2026/27 The Rushmere Park Academy: 0.91 miles, 2026/27, published by Central Bedfordshire
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Clipstone Brook Lower School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
One published year so far: 2026/27, from Central Bedfordshire. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.
Source: Central Bedfordshire, published admission distances, 2026/27
Where Clipstone Brook Lower School and The Rushmere Park Academy are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. The Rushmere Park Academy admitted from 0.91 miles in 2026/27, published by Central Bedfordshire. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 10.87 and 0.91 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.
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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Central Bedfordshire, 37 of 121 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (30.6%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.
Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Clipstone Brook Lower School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklands Middle School Both in reach | Secondary | 0.9 mi 2026/27 | 0.2 mi |
| The Rushmere Park Academy Both in reach | Primary | 0.91 mi 2026/27 | 0.5 mi |
| Leighton Middle School Both in reach | Secondary | 0.49 mi 2026/27 | 0.6 mi |
| Beaudesert Lower School Both in reach | Primary | 0.49 mi 2026/27 | 0.7 mi |
| Dovery Academy Both in reach | Primary | 0.5 mi 2026/27 | 1.2 mi |
| Linslade Lower School Both in reach | Primary | 0.3 mi 2026/27 | 1.2 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 306 pupils in 300 places (102% full, over capacity) |
| Local authority | Central Bedfordshire |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Good, inspected 28 April 2025. Ungraded inspection, April 2025: standards maintained |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Clipstone Brook Lower School
| Girls and boys | 50.7% girls, 49.3% boys |
| English as an additional language | 17.6% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 11.8% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of Clipstone Brook Lower School
Cheapest district inside the 10.87 miles: MK7, median £260,000. Dearest: MK17, £510,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| MK7 | Milton Keynes | 7.3 mi | £260,000 97 sales |
| MK6 | Milton Keynes | 8.8 mi | £265,000 76 sales |
| MK1 | Milton Keynes | 6.9 mi | £295,000 26 sales |
| LU5 | Central Bedfordshire | 5.8 mi | £300,000 146 sales |
| MK2 | Milton Keynes | 6.0 mi | £315,000 129 sales |
| LU4 | Luton | 7.9 mi | £336,000 98 sales |
| MK3 | Milton Keynes | 6.8 mi | £350,000 102 sales |
| LU6 | Central Bedfordshire | 5.5 mi | £355,000 151 sales |
| LU7 | Central Bedfordshire | 0.8 mi | £370,000 96 sales |
| MK4 | Milton Keynes | 8.3 mi | £375,000 84 sales |
| HP23 | Dacorum | 8.4 mi | £442,000 101 sales |
| MK17 | Milton Keynes | 6.2 mi | £510,000 38 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 10.87 miles the school admitted from in 2026/27, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to Clipstone Brook Lower School by bus
Best-served stop: Brooklands Avenue, 0.2 mi away, with 2.8 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:31, last 00:35 after midnight.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklands Middle School | 172 yd | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | L4 |
| Regent Street | 0.1 mi | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | L2, X2 |
| Regent Street | 0.1 mi | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | X2 |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for Clipstone Brook Lower School?
Clipstone Brook Lower School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2026/27 lived 10.87 miles away, per Central Bedfordshire.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Clipstone Brook Lower School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 10.87 miles was enough in 2026/27, and at 102% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Clipstone Brook Lower School guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
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