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Sharnbrook Primary

3–11Ages
216Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139510URN

High Street, Sharnbrook, Bedford, MK44 1PF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.6per place

0.7 below Bedford median (2.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bedford

25 applications for 16 places · 35th of 38 in Bedford

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

70%met the expected standard

Bedford 58% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 12 June 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

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

1.6applications per place, Reception

0.7 below Bedford median (2.2) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

25 applications · 16 places offered · 16 named it first

2026 1.6; Bedford median median 2.2
2025 1.7; Bedford median median 1.9
2024 1.5; Bedford median median 1.8
2023 1.7; Bedford median median 1.8
2022 1.5; Bedford median median 1.8
2021 1.8; Bedford median median 1.9
2020 1.8; Bedford median median 1.9
2019 1.8; Bedford median median 1.9
2018 1.8; Bedford median median 1.9
2017 1.4; Bedford median median 1.8
2016 1.6; Bedford median median 2.0
2015 1.9; Bedford median median 1.9
2014 1.6; Bedford median median 1.9

More applications per place than the Bedford median in 1 of 13 years.

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	16	25	1.6	16	1.00
Sep 2025	23	40	1.7	23	1.00
Sep 2024	24	37	1.5	24	1.00
Sep 2023	28	48	1.7	27	0.96
Sep 2022	25	38	1.5	25	1.00
Sep 2021	27	49	1.8	27	1.00
Sep 2020	30	54	1.8	40	1.33
Sep 2019	29	53	1.8	36	1.24
Sep 2018	28	50	1.8	29	1.04
Sep 2017	28	40	1.4	29	1.04
Sep 2016	19	31	1.6	19	1.00
Sep 2015	30	56	1.9	33	1.10
Sep 2014	28	46	1.6	29	1.04

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 90% · Writing 83% · Maths 80% → all three 70% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard70%10th of 49 in Bedford

Bedford 58% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard90%

Bedford 73% England 78%

Higher standard57%

Bedford 28% England 33%

Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard83%

Bedford 70% England 75%

Greater depth10%

Bedford 3% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard80%

Bedford 71% England 77%

Higher standard33%

Bedford 20% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Bedford median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	70%	10%	110	106
2023/24	80%	10%	110	106
2022/23	74%	7%	108	106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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

Sharnbrook PrimaryThis school
This school

Good2024

1.6applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Pinchmill Primary School
1.7 km · Bedford

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.2applications per place 29%met the SATs standard
Milton Ernest CofE Primary School
4.2 km · Bedford

Remains Good2022

3.4applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
Harrold Primary Academy
5.5 km · Bedford

Good2023

1.6applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
Thurleigh Primary School
5.6 km · Bedford

Good2024

2.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Carlton CofE Primary School
5.7 km · Bedford

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.3applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Christopher Reeves CofE VA Primary School
6.2 km · Bedford

Remains Good2024

2.6applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
Riseley CofE Primary School
6.3 km · Bedford

Good2024

1.6applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Oakley Primary Academy
6.4 km · Bedford

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139510 · 822/2120
Trust: Sharnbrook Primary
Capacity: 210 pupils · 216 on roll
Free school meals: 13.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 April 2013
Replaced: Sharnbrook John Gibbard Lower School (URN 109478)
Address: High Street, Sharnbrook, Bedford, MK44 1PF
Local authority: Bedford

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