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Academy sponsor led · Central Bedfordshire

Kensworth Church of England Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 90Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 144458URN

Common Road, Kensworth, Dunstable, LU6 3RH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
close to Central Bedfordshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Central Bedfordshire

17 applications for 8 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
57%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 28 April 2026Published 22 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 28 April 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 1 February 2022
    Graded inspection: 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
2.1applications per place, Reception
close to Central Bedfordshire median (2.1) close to England median (2.2)

17 applications · 8 places offered · 6 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Central Bedfordshire median

Dashed bars: as Kensworth Church of England Primary School (URN 109602), the previous school.

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 20268172.160.75
Sep 202510161.6101.00
Sep 202412231.9121.00
Sep 202317201.2160.94
Sep 20229131.480.89
Sep 20217131.960.86
Sep 20209111.291.00
Sep 201915161.1100.67
Sep 20189131.480.89
Sep 2017 *14191.4141.00
Sep 2016 *15161.1100.67
Sep 2015 *14211.5141.00
Sep 2014 *13141.1131.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 71% · Writing 71% · Maths 57% → all three 57% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard57%18th of 36 in Central Bedfordshire
Reading
Expected standard71%
Higher standard29%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard71%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard57%
Higher standard14%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Central Bedfordshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2557%0%107103
2023/2415%0%9999
2022/2356%11%107106

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

  • 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 sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
144458 · 823/2008
Trust
Diocese of St Albans Multi-Academy Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
105 pupils · 90 on roll
Free school meals
27.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 August 2017
Replaced
Kensworth Church of England Primary School (URN 109602)
Address
Common Road, Kensworth, Dunstable, LU6 3RH
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire

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