Broadmead Lower School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–9 · 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 🔒
Broadmead Lower School is a primary school in Bedford for ages 4–9 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2023. Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Broadmead Lower 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 Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 43 of the 53 other Bedford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There are 26.9 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford is 20.7.
- Ofsted rated it Good in June 2023; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford, 4 are rated Good and 4 have no current grade.
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
- Park Crescent, Stewartby, Bedford, MK43 9NN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–9
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 June 2023
Strengths
- “Broadmead Lower School is a positive and welcoming place for pupils.”
- “Pupils enjoy the warm, nurturing relationships they have with staff.”
- “Pupils’ parents recognise how these relationships ensure their children feel happy to come to school.”
To improve
- “Teachers do not always use this assessment information well enough.”
- “They do not adapt the curriculum well for a few pupils that are ready to move on.”
- “As a result, these pupils do not gain as deep an understanding of some areas of the curriculum as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bedford.
- Willow Grove Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wootton Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wixams Tree Primary Academy 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Lakeview School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wilstead Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Balliol Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Springfield Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Kempston Rural Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published