Great Barford Church of England Primary 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 🔒
Great Barford Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in Bedford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 September 2022. Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Great Barford Church of England Primary 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
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as were applicants at 43 of the 53 other Bedford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 11 first-choice applications for 12 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 11th lowest of 51 Bedford primary schools.
- Of the 24 applications for 2026 Reception entry, 3 (13%) came from families living outside Bedford, and 2 offers went to them.
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
- Silver Street, Bedford, MK44 3HZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 176 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils speak with pride about their school.”
- “They know that learning is important and live up to leaders’ high expectations by working hard in lessons.”
- “Pupils are articulate and speak enthusiastically about what they are learning.”
To improve
- “Improvement plans, for example, rightly include ensuring the curriculum in all subjects has sufficiently detailed guidance for teachers about the specific knowledge pupils must know by the end of a year.”
- “However, at times, teachers do not support pupils in the precise way that leaders expect.”
- “As a result, some pupils with SEND occasionally struggle to learn aspects of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 November 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) | 0% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 11 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.
- Roxton Church of England Academy 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Renhold VC Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sheerhatch Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wilden CofE VA Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Putnoe Primary School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Goldington Green Academy 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ravensden CofE Primary Academy 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Hills Academy 4.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published