Wootton Primary School
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 🔒
Wootton Primary School is a primary school in Bedford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Wootton 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026 there were 95 first-choice applications for 99 offers; 94 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- 19 of the 150 applications (13%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Bedford, and 4 offers went to them.
- It has 23.9 pupils per teacher, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford is 21.3.
- 17.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bedford is 13.5%.
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
- Bedford Road, Wootton, Bedford, MK43 9JT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 731 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 95 first-preference applications, 99 offers in total, 94 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.
- Kempston Rural Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Balliol Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Broadmead Lower School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bedford Road Primary Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Springfield Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Willow Grove Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Camestone School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Great Denham Primary School 2.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published