Report card · inspected Nov 2025
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Central Bedfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 25 November 2025Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 20 June 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 23 March 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry4 applications · 2 places offered · 1 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
- 2025 2.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 3.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2023 6.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2022 2.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2021 2.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2020 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2019 2.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2018 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2016 3.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2014 1.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6
- This school
- Central Bedfordshire median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2025 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2020 | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 6 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2019 | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 13 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2017 | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 9 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2016 | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 6 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2015 | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 7 | 0.88 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Ridgmont Lower SchoolThis schoolThis school20252.0applications per place
- 1.5 km · Central BedfordshireGood20232.8applications per place
- 2.9 km · Central BedfordshireGood20232.8applications per place
- 3.3 km · Central BedfordshireGood20222.9applications per place
- 3.6 km · Central BedfordshireGood20233.0applications per place
- 3.8 km · Central BedfordshireGood20233.5applications per place
- 4.8 km · Central BedfordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 5.3 km · Milton KeynesGood20241.7applications per place
- 5.6 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20232.3applications per place
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 109476 · 823/2118
- Capacity
- 90 pupils · 11 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- High Street, Ridgmont, Bedford, MK43 0TS
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources