Putnoe Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Bedford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bedford Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Putnoe Primary School is a primary school in Bedford for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 July 2024. Bedford and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Putnoe 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 |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as at 43 of the 53 other Bedford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 51 first-choice applications for 52 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- The school has 25.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford.
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th 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
- Church Lane, Bedford, MK41 0DH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 494 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and harmonious because they are all highly tolerant and respectful of each other.”
- “Pupils from diverse backgrounds care for each other, hold hands and include each other in their games.”
- “If ever anyone is feeling sad, staff quickly notice and come to chat things through.”
To improve
- “A small minority of pupils require further support to write to a consistently high standard.”
- “However, sometimes, staff do not provide sufficient opportunities for pupils to develop their writing across the curriculum.”
- “Consequently, a small minority of pupils do not develop their writing as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 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) | 57% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 51 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.
- The Hills Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hazeldene School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Goldington Green Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John Rigby Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Renhold VC Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brickhill Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Scott Primary School & Nursery 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ravensden CofE Primary Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published