Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
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 | |||
| Sixth form 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 entryReception 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 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
School details
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Phase
- Not applicable
- URN · DfE number
- 137469 · 822/5951
- Trust
- Bedford Inclusive Learning and Training Trust
- Capacity
- 181 pupils · 178 on roll
- Free school meals
- 50.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- St John's School (URN 109738)
- Address
- Austin Canons, Bedford Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 8AA
- Local authority
- Bedford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources