Sharnbrook Primary
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 🔒
Sharnbrook Primary is a primary school in Bedford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 June 2024. Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Sharnbrook Primary 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 2026 was offered a place, as at 43 of the 53 other Bedford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Of the 25 Reception 2026 applications, 4 (16%) came from families living outside Bedford, and 4 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest 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
- High Street, Sharnbrook, Bedford, MK44 1PF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 216 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils love attending school where they learn skills they successfully use in their day-to-day life.”
- “Pupils delight in exploring the rich opportunities to learn about themselves and the human experience.”
- “They do well in the academic curriculum.”
To improve
- “However, staff sometimes miss when pupils are ready to grapple with more sophisticated ideas.”
- “When this happens, staff do not give pupils opportunities to think more deeply.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 July 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) | 70% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 16 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.
- Pinchmill Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Milton Ernest CofE Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harrold Primary Academy 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Thurleigh Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Carlton CofE Primary School 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Christopher Reeves CofE VA Primary School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Riseley CofE Primary School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Lawrence Church of England Primary School 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published