Graded inspection · Apr 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Bedford
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 | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry17 applications · 9 places offered · 8 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.9; Bedford median median 2.2
- 2025 2.8; Bedford median median 1.9
- 2024 1.7; Bedford median median 1.8
- 2023 2.5; Bedford median median 1.8
- 2022 1.8; Bedford median median 1.8
- 2021 2.7; Bedford median median 1.9
- 2020 1.4; Bedford median median 1.9
- 2019 1.2; Bedford median median 1.9
- 2018 1.4; Bedford median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Bedford median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; Bedford median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Bedford median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Bedford median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Bedford median
Dashed bars: as Roxton VA (CofE) School (URN 109625), 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 | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 11 | 15 | 1.4 | 9 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2019 | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 14 | 20 | 1.4 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 * | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 12 | 15 | 1.3 | 11 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 * | 15 | 21 | 1.4 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2014 * | 9 | 13 | 1.4 | 9 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 53% · Writing 53% · Maths 47% → all three 27% 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 | 27% | 0% | 101 | 98 |
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 50% | 0% | 104 | 103 |
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
- Roxton Church of England AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.9applications per place 27%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · Central Bedfordshire20261.5applications per place 29%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · BedfordGood20222.0applications per place 0%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20231.9applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 4.9 km · CambridgeshireGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 5.2 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good · concerns noted20242.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 5.2 km · Central BedfordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 5.3 km · CambridgeshireGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 5.4 km · Central BedfordshireSerious weaknesses 20252.2applications per place 63%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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 146269 · 822/2010
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 90 pupils · 70 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2018
- Replaced
- Roxton VA (CofE) School (URN 109625)
- Address
- School Lane, Roxton, Bedford, MK44 3DR
- Local authority
- Bedford
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources