Bedwell Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.28 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Bedwell Primary School is a primary school in Stevenage, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 March 2022. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Bedwell 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 | 0.28 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.41 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.34 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.32 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.31 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.43 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 1.65 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.41 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.37 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.32 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 35 first-choice applications for 35 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, the last distance offered to children whose nearest school this is was 0.28 miles, the shortest of the 12 years with a published distance.
- Of its pupils, 38.6% are eligible for free school meals, with 16.2 pupils per teacher, against middle figures of 25.8% and 21.3 across the 8 nearest Hertfordshire primary schools.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hertfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bedwell Crescent, Stevenage, SG1 1NJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 295 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 March 2022
Strengths
- “The friendly and supportive atmosphere at Bedwell Primary School means that pupils feel safe and secure and enjoy their learning.”
- “They are proud to attend the school.”
- “Pupils do well and strive to meet the high expectations that staff set for them.”
To improve
- “However, there are a few areas of the curriculum where teachers’ questioning is not precise enough to pick up pupils’ misunderstandings as effectively.”
- “This means that on occasion, pupils’ knowledge and understanding do not develop as well as in other subjects.”
- “However, leaders are aware that more could be done to help parents of pupils with SEND understand how to support their children’s needs.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 May 2022 (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) | 55% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 35 offers in total, 35 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 Hertfordshire.
- Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Camps Hill Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Lodge Farm Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Broom Barns Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fairlands Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ashtree Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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