Camestone School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Camestone School is a primary school in Bedford for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 September 2022. Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Camestone 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, whereas Reception places ran out in 2025 and a last distance was published.
- In 2024/25, 48% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford.
- In 2026 Reception had 46 first-choice applications for 53 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 11.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 29.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford.
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
- Jowitt Avenue, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 8NW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 408 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at Camestone School.”
- “They demonstrate the school values in the way they behave and treat one another.”
- “Pupils are polite, making sure that everyone is made to feel welcome.”
To improve
- “Some leaders have had less opportunity to check the effectiveness of curriculum delivery.”
- “These leaders have not addressed some teachers lacking the required subject knowledge.”
- “These teachers find it challenging to teach some subjects confidently and clearly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 November 2022 (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) | 48% | 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: 46 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 46 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.
- Springfield Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Bedford Road Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cauldwell School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Balliol Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Elstow School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shackleton Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Queen's Park Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Westfield Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published