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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 | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 13 November 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 17 September 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry115 applications · 86 places offered · 82 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
- 2025 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2020 1.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2018 1.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2016 1.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2014 1.2; 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 | 86 | 115 | 1.3 | 82 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 90 | 128 | 1.4 | 97 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2024 | 89 | 128 | 1.4 | 108 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2023 | 87 | 125 | 1.4 | 98 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2022 | 90 | 117 | 1.3 | 94 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2021 | 86 | 103 | 1.2 | 83 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 90 | 118 | 1.3 | 101 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2019 | 76 | 87 | 1.1 | 77 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2018 | 70 | 82 | 1.2 | 70 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 73 | 86 | 1.2 | 72 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 71 | 1.2 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 | 61 | 69 | 1.1 | 61 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 74 | 1.2 | 64 | 1.07 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Cranfield Church of England AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.3applications per place
- 3.9 km · Milton KeynesRemains Good20243.6applications per place
- 4.0 km · Central BedfordshireGood20241.6applications per place
- 4.3 km · Central BedfordshireGood20222.9applications per place
- 4.9 km · Milton KeynesGood20241.7applications per place
- 5.6 km · BedfordNot yet inspected
- 6.1 km · BedfordRemains Good20241.5applications per place
- 6.3 km · Central BedfordshireGood20232.8applications per place
- 6.3 km · Central BedfordshireGood20232.8applications per place
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 137853 · 823/3005
- Trust
- Cranfield Church of England Academy
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 450 pupils · 511 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2012
- Replaced
- Cranfield VC Lower School (URN 109598)
- Address
- Court Road, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0DR
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources