Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Bedford
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry85 applications · 49 places offered · 47 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Bedford median median 2.2
- 2025 2.0; Bedford median median 1.9
- 2024 1.5; Bedford median median 1.8
- 2023 1.6; Bedford median median 1.8
- 2022 1.3; Bedford median median 1.8
- 2021 1.4; Bedford median median 1.9
- 2020 1.3; Bedford median median 1.9
- 2019 1.5; Bedford median median 1.9
- 2018 1.5; Bedford median median 1.9
- 2017 1.8; Bedford median median 1.8
- 2016 1.4; Bedford median median 2.0
- 2015 1.3; Bedford median median 1.9
- 2014 1.3; Bedford median median 1.9
- This school
- Bedford 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 | 49 | 85 | 1.7 | 47 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 43 | 84 | 2.0 | 42 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 55 | 84 | 1.5 | 51 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 53 | 83 | 1.6 | 51 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 49 | 65 | 1.3 | 44 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 | 40 | 57 | 1.4 | 32 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2020 | 41 | 54 | 1.3 | 38 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 | 29 | 42 | 1.5 | 31 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 45 | 1.5 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2017 | 23 | 41 | 1.8 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 23 | 32 | 1.4 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 19 | 25 | 1.3 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 27 | 34 | 1.3 | 25 | 0.93 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Broadmead Lower SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.7applications per place
- 1.0 km · BedfordNot yet inspected
- 2.7 km · Central BedfordshireGood20241.7applications per place
- 2.7 km · BedfordNot yet inspected2.6applications per place
- 2.9 km · BedfordRemains Good20241.5applications per place
- 2.9 km · Central BedfordshireGood20241.6applications per place
- 3.4 km · BedfordGood20242.7applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · BedfordGood20222.3applications per place
- 4.4 km · BedfordGood2023
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 109483 · 822/2128
- Capacity
- 300 pupils · 228 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 1900
- Address
- Park Crescent, Stewartby, Bedford, MK43 9NN
- Local authority
- Bedford
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources