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Voluntary controlled school · Central Bedfordshire

Silsoe CofE VC Lower School

  • 4–9Ages
  • 251Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 109605URN

Chestnut Avenue, Silsoe, Bedford, MK45 4GP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
close to Central Bedfordshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Central Bedfordshire

57 applications for 29 places · 41st of 82 in Central Bedfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 2 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.0applications per place, Reception
close to Central Bedfordshire median (2.1) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

57 applications · 29 places offered · 29 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Central Bedfordshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202629572.0291.00
Sep 202540541.4390.98
Sep 202451641.3490.96
Sep 202352651.3521.00
Sep 202246631.4461.00
Sep 202152671.3521.00
Sep 202047691.5471.00
Sep 201956791.4561.00
Sep 201848641.3470.98
Sep 201759731.2591.00
Sep 201645671.5491.09
Sep 201535491.4361.03
Sep 201428461.6281.00

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
109605 · 823/3013
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
300 pupils · 251 on roll
Free school meals
8.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision and SEN unit
Address
Chestnut Avenue, Silsoe, Bedford, MK45 4GP
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources