Report card · inspected Nov 2025
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Bedford
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 11 November 2025Report card · 3 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 1 December 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry135 applications · 59 places offered · 68 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.3; Bedford median median 2.2
- 2025 1.9; Bedford median median 1.9
- 2024 2.4; Bedford median median 1.8
- 2023 1.8; Bedford median median 1.8
- 2022 1.8; Bedford median median 1.8
- 2021 2.0; Bedford median median 1.9
- 2020 2.0; Bedford median median 1.9
- 2019 2.0; Bedford median median 1.9
- 2018 1.9; Bedford median median 1.9
- 2017 1.7; Bedford median median 1.8
- 2016 2.1; Bedford median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Bedford median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Bedford median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Bedford median
Dashed bars: as Cauldwell School (URN 130326), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 59 | 135 | 2.3 | 68 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2025 | 58 | 112 | 1.9 | 59 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 58 | 137 | 2.4 | 67 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2023 | 59 | 108 | 1.8 | 63 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 105 | 1.8 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 56 | 109 | 2.0 | 46 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 120 | 2.0 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2019 | 59 | 118 | 2.0 | 64 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 116 | 1.9 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 104 | 1.7 | 54 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 126 | 2.1 | 67 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 112 | 1.9 | 65 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 118 | 2.0 | 60 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 87% · Writing 75% · Maths 92% → all three 74% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Bedford median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 74% | 2% | 107 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 0% | 105 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 46% | 0% | 104 | 105 |
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
- Cauldwell SchoolThis schoolThis school20252.3applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Bedford20262.6applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · BedfordRemains Good20221.9applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · BedfordGraded · no overall grade20243.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · BedfordGood20221.5applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Bedford20262.5applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Bedford20261.8applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · BedfordStandards maintained20252.1applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · BedfordGood20222.1applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 144528 · 822/2294
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 415 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2017
- Replaced
- Cauldwell School (URN 130326)
- Address
- Edward Road, Bedford, MK42 9DR
- Local authority
- Bedford
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources