Edith Cavell Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Bedford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bedford Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Edith Cavell Primary School is a primary school in Bedford for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 10 July 2024. Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Edith Cavell Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 30 first-choice applications for 33 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 9th lowest of 51 Bedford primary schools.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 43 of the 53 other Bedford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 31.5% of pupils; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford is 26.2%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bedford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Manton Lane, Bedford, MK41 7NH
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 292 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy learning.”
- “Their individual needs, both academic and emotional, are known and well catered for.”
- “Staff work hard to engage all families, including through language translation applications when necessary.”
To improve
- “Most pupils make strong progress through the curriculum, although some pupils have the potential to achieve even more.”
- “At times, they sit and wait for other pupils to finish work.”
- “Teachers do not always spot this and help pupils to deepen their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 October 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 58% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 30 first-preference applications, 33 offers in total, 30 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bedford.
- Livingstone Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Great Ouse Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Priory Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Scott Primary School & Nursery 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary and Pre-School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Queen's Park Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Ursula Taylor Church of England School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brickhill Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published