Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Central Bedfordshire
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 entry66 applications · 28 places offered · 20 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
- 2025 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2023 2.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2022 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2021 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2020 2.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 3.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 2.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Central Bedfordshire median
Dashed bars: as Campton Lower School (URN 109441), 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 | 28 | 66 | 2.4 | 20 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2025 | 22 | 51 | 2.3 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2024 | 26 | 58 | 2.2 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 25 | 54 | 2.2 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 24 | 54 | 2.3 | 22 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2021 | 27 | 63 | 2.3 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 25 | 61 | 2.4 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 26 | 60 | 2.3 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 * | 21 | 62 | 3.0 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 22 | 45 | 2.1 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 52 | 1.7 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 * | 29 | 59 | 2.0 | 32 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 * | 23 | 43 | 1.9 | 23 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Campton AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.4applications per place
- 1.1 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20231.6applications per place
- 2.1 km · Central BedfordshireGood20241.7applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · Central BedfordshireOutstanding20242.9applications per place
- 3.7 km · Central BedfordshireGood20232.8applications per place
- 3.8 km · Central BedfordshireGood20222.8applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · Central Bedfordshire20261.8applications per place
- 4.0 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20223.1applications per place
- 4.5 km · Central Bedfordshire20252.2applications per place
- 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
- 148104 · 823/2033
- Capacity
- 110 pupils · 128 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2020
- Replaced
- Campton Lower School (URN 109441)
- Address
- Rectory Road, Campton, Shefford, SG17 5PF
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources