Graded inspection · Oct 2022 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 |
Inspection history
- 18 October 2022Graded inspection: Good · as Lakeview School, URN 135374
- 26 May 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as Lakeview School, URN 135374
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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 entry124 applications · 53 places offered · 50 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Bedford median median 2.2
- 2025 2.0; Bedford median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2024 3.1; Bedford median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2023 2.7; Bedford median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2022 2.8; Bedford median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2021 2.2; Bedford median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 2.4; Bedford median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.9; Bedford median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Bedford median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; Bedford median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; Bedford median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Bedford median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Bedford median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Bedford median
Dashed bars: as Lakeview School (URN 135374), 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 | 53 | 124 | 2.3 | 50 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 * | 51 | 103 | 2.0 | 46 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2024 * | 48 | 147 | 3.1 | 44 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 * | 60 | 163 | 2.7 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2022 * | 60 | 166 | 2.8 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 57 | 125 | 2.2 | 49 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2020 * | 60 | 143 | 2.4 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 * | 60 | 116 | 1.9 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 * | 50 | 92 | 1.8 | 47 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 * | 60 | 106 | 1.8 | 72 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 93 | 1.6 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 88 | 1.5 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 95 | 1.6 | 54 | 0.90 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Lakeview SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.3applications per place
- 0.7 km · BedfordGood20242.7applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · BedfordNot yet inspected2.6applications per place
- 1.5 km · BedfordGood2023
- 2.4 km · BedfordStandards maintained20252.1applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · BedfordGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · Bedford20261.8applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · BedfordGood20222.1applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · Central BedfordshireGood20241.7applications 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
- 151526 · 822/3352
- Capacity
- 440 pupils · 436 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2025
- Replaced
- Lakeview School (URN 135374)
- Address
- School Lane, Off Brooklands Avenue, Wixams, Bedford, MK42 6BH
- Local authority
- Bedford
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources