Brickhill Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · 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 🔒
Brickhill Primary School is a primary school in Bedford for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 February 2024. Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Brickhill 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but in 2025, the one earlier year with a published outcome, places ran out.
- For Reception 2026 there were 27 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Dove Road, Brickhill, Bedford, MK41 7AA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are enthusiastic about all aspects of school life.”
- “They are proud to attend here.”
- “Adults are caring and supportive and invest time in getting to know pupils individually.”
To improve
- “This is because leaders are aware that, in some subjects, the specific knowledge pupils need to know, when and in what detail is not explicit enough.”
- “This hinders pupils learning some subjects in the depth leaders want them to, including in early years.”
- “However, the school is not checking thoroughly that pupils are recalling precise subject knowledge in the detail intended.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 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) | 57% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 27 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.
- Scott Primary School & Nursery 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hazeldene School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Hills Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St John Rigby Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Edith Cavell Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Putnoe Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Livingstone Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Priory Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published