Westfield Primary School
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 🔒
Westfield Primary School is a primary school in Bedford for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 May 2022. Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Westfield 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 for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as was the case at 43 of the 53 other Bedford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 42 first-choice applications for 46 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 48% 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.
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
- Chester Road, Bedford, MK40 4HW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 298 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They enjoy being part of a school that sits at the heart of the local community.”
- “Staff work closely with local faith groups to support pupils and their families.”
To improve
- “Some who have larger gaps, or who are newer to speaking English, take longer to secure the basics.”
- “For some pupils, staff do not address misconceptions in some aspects of transcription quickly enough.”
- “As a result, these pupils do not produce accurate written work as consistently as they could across subjects.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 September 2026 (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) | 48% | 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: 42 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 42 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.
- Queen's Park Academy 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary and Pre-School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Great Ouse Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Great Denham Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St James' CofE Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Priory Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Livingstone Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Cauldwell School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published