Scott Primary School & Nursery
Primary · Community 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 🔒
Scott Primary School & Nursery is a primary school in Bedford for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 June 2024. Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Scott Primary School & Nursery 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 for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as also at 43 of the 53 other Bedford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 59% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford.
- The school has 23 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 24.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford.
- 16.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford is 22.6%.
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
- Hawk Drive, Brickhill, Bedford, MK41 7JA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 469 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Scott Primary School happily live by the four school rules.”
- “Therefore, they are kind and polite, smile at each other and try their best in everything.”
- “Pupils show respect for each other and staff through, for example, holding doors open when moving around the school.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, curriculum plans have not been broken down into small enough building blocks.”
- “This causes teaching to move too quickly.”
- “Therefore, pupils do not build the deep understanding they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 July 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) | 59% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bedford.
- Brickhill Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Edith Cavell Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hazeldene School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Hills Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Livingstone Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Ursula Taylor Church of England School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John Rigby Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Priory Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published