Wilden CofE VA Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided 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 🔒
Wilden CofE VA Primary School is a primary school in Bedford for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 July 2024. Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Wilden CofE VA 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.
- There were 11 first-choice applications for 12 offers for Reception 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 11.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford, with 45 pupils on roll in January 2026.
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
- High Street, Wilden, Bedford, MK44 2PB
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 45 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “Pupils take responsibility for helping and supporting each other.”
- “A wide range of well-considered opportunities supports pupils and children in early years to flourish.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, some teachers do not have consistently high expectations of the standard of pupils’ written work.”
- “This means that the quality of pupils’ work is variable and does not always reflect the depth of their understanding.”
- “However, pupils do not always show pride in their work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 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) | 63% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 11 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.
- Ravensden CofE Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Renhold VC Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Putnoe Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Great Barford Church of England Primary Academy 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Hills Academy 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hazeldene School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brickhill Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Goldington Green Academy 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published