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Gravenhurst Academy

  • 5–9Ages
  • 72Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 140075URN

High Street, Gravenhurst, Bedford, MK45 4HY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.9per place
0.8 above Central Bedfordshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Central Bedfordshire

44 applications for 15 places · 9th of 82 in Central Bedfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 5 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

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
2.9applications per place, Reception
0.8 above Central Bedfordshire median (2.1) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

44 applications · 15 places offered · 20 named it first

  1. 2026 2.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.9; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202615442.9201.33
Sep 202515362.4211.40
Sep 202413302.3131.00
Sep 202313201.5131.00
Sep 202213292.2131.00
Sep 202115231.5151.00
Sep 202011312.8111.00
Sep 201910262.6101.00
Sep 20188232.970.88
Sep 201712262.2121.00
Sep 201615231.5120.80
Sep 201515291.9130.87
Sep 20149171.980.89

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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
140075 · 823/2051
Trust
Bedfordshire Schools Trust Limited
Capacity
75 pupils · 72 on roll
Free school meals
9.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2013
Replaced
Gravenhurst Lower School (URN 109453)
Address
High Street, Gravenhurst, Bedford, MK45 4HY
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire

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