Carlton CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Carlton CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bedford for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Carlton CofE 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 2026 Reception had 6 first-choice applications for 6 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford.
- It has 17.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.4 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
- The Moor, Carlton, Bedford, MK43 7JR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 87 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school are confident and self-assured.”
- “For instance, they share their ideas and opinions enthusiastically with staff.”
- “Moreover, pupils and staff show kindness and respect towards each other.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, this is not the case.”
- “This means pupils sometimes miss some essential knowledge in these subjects because staff are not aware of what pupils have learned previously.”
- “However, in a few subjects, staff lack the specific knowledge they need to design effective learning tasks.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 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) | 67% | 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: 6 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 6 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.
- Harrold Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Turvey Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pinchmill Primary School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sharnbrook Primary 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakley Primary Academy 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Milton Ernest CofE Primary School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bromham CofE Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christopher Reeves CofE VA Primary School 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published