Queen's Park Academy
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Queen's Park Academy is a primary school in Bedford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 4 May 2022. Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Queen's Park Academy 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
- In 2026, Reception had 39 first-choice applications for 46 offers; 38 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 Bedford primary schools: this one and the 8 nearest.
- Also in 2024/25, 0% reached the higher standard at the end of primary school (England 8%).
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
- Chestnut Avenue, Bedford, MK40 4HA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 446 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 4 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school feel part of a happy, caring community.”
- “They say that everyone is welcome here.”
- “They behave well in lessons and at play time.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, the planned curriculum is not yet securely in place.”
- “Leaders’ monitoring of these subjects is in the early stages of development.”
- “However, a significant minority do not attend routinely and miss too much learning time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 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) | 61% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 38 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.
- Westfield Primary School 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
- Priory Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Great Denham Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St James' CofE Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Livingstone Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Cauldwell School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published