Renhold VC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled 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 🔒
Renhold VC Primary School is a primary school in Bedford for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Renhold VC 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, as at 43 of the 53 other Bedford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford.
- In Reception 2026 there were 17 first-choice applications for 19 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The school has 19.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 24.8 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
- Church End, Renhold VC Primary School, Bedford, MK41 0LU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 191 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “Kindness underpins the strong relationships that they build with their peers and staff.”
- “Pupils are sensitive to the needs of others.”
- “They notice when others need help and willingly offer support.”
To improve
- “However, the school does not routinely recognise when pupils have forgotten knowledge over time.”
- “This leads to gaps in their knowledge, and they do not recall important aspects of the curriculum.”
- “However, the school has not ensured that some disadvantaged pupils attend school regularly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 2025 (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) | 43% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 17 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.
- Putnoe Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Ravensden CofE Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Wilden CofE VA Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Goldington Green Academy 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Hills Academy 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hazeldene School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brickhill Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John Rigby Catholic Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published