Bedford Road Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–11 · 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 🔒
Bedford Road Primary Academy is a primary school in Bedford for ages 5–11 (academy sponsor led). Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Bedford Road 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
- 46% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford.
- Reception 2026 drew 41 first-choice applications for 41 offers; 40 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- There are 18.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford.
- 30.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.4% across 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
- Hillgrounds Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 8QH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 365 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 December 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are excited to learn at Bedford Road Primary Academy.”
- “After a period of change, pupils are embracing the school’s renewed focus on high ambition and improving achievement.”
- “Some pupils are beginning to achieve better over time.”
To improve
- “However, there are some older pupils who have not secured key knowledge securely.”
- “This acts as a barrier to their achievement across the curriculum and is reflected in published outcomes at the end of key stage 2.”
- “Pupils are starting to catch up and close the gaps in their learning, but there is more work to do to ensure older pupils consistently achieve well academically across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 January 2026 (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) | 46% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 40 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.
- Camestone School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Balliol Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Springfield Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Kempston Rural Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Great Denham Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cauldwell School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westfield Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Queen's Park Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published