East of England
Primary schools in Bedford
82 schools, 35,600 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 38.5.
Ofsted across Bedford
Good35
Outstanding2
No overall grade45
37 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 45 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Primary schools in Bedford
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrold Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2023 | 81% |
| Cotton End Forest SchoolCommunity school | Bedford | No grade | 77% |
| Hazeldene SchoolFoundation school | Bedford | No grade | 75% |
| Kymbrook Primary SchoolFoundation school | Bedford | Good 2024 | 75% |
| Bromham CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Bedford | Good 2023 | 74% |
| Elstow SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | 74% |
| Cauldwell SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | 74% |
| Great Denham Primary SchoolFoundation school | Bedford | Outstanding 2024 | 72% |
| Turvey Primary SchoolFoundation school | Bedford | Good 2022 | 71% |
| Sharnbrook PrimaryAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2024 | 70% |
| St Lawrence Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Rushden | No grade | 68% |
| Kempston Rural Primary SchoolCommunity school | Kempston | Good 2023 | 67% |
| Carlton CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Bedford | No grade | 67% |
| Great Ouse Primary AcademyFree schools | Bedford | Good 2022 | 67% |
| Castle Newnham SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | 67% |
| Wilden CofE VA Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bedford | Good 2024 | 63% |
| The Hills AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | 63% |
| Oakley Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | 63% |
| Goldington Green AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | 62% |
| King's Oak Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bedford | No grade | 61% |
| Queen's Park AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2022 | 61% |
| Eileen Wade Primary SchoolFoundation school | Huntingdon | No grade | 60% |
| Wixams Tree Primary AcademyFree schools | Bedford | Good 2024 | 60% |
| Shortstown Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | 60% |
| Scott Primary School & NurseryCommunity school | Bedford | Good 2024 | 59% |
| Edith Cavell Primary SchoolFoundation school | Bedford | Good 2024 | 58% |
| Brickhill Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bedford | Good 2024 | 57% |
| Putnoe Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2024 | 57% |
| Riseley CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bedford | Good 2024 | 56% |
| Milton Ernest CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Bedford | Good 2022 | 55% |
| Shackleton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | 54% |
| St James' CofE AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | 54% |
| Springfield Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2022 | 51% |
| Priory Primary SchoolFoundation school | Bedford | No grade | 50% |
| Sheerhatch Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bedford | No grade | 50% |
| Thurleigh Primary SchoolFoundation school | Bedford | Good 2024 | 50% |
| Livingstone Primary SchoolFoundation school | Bedford | Good 2023 | 49% |
| St John Rigby Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2023 | 49% |
| Camestone SchoolCommunity school | Bedford | Good 2022 | 48% |
| Westfield Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bedford | Good 2022 | 48% |
| Christopher Reeves CofE VA Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Podington | Good 2024 | 46% |
| Bedford Road Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bedford | No grade | 46% |
| St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary and Pre-SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2023 | 44% |
| Renhold VC Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Bedford | No grade | 43% |
| Balliol Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bedford | Good 2022 | 39% |
| Ursula Taylor Church of England SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | 35% |
| Pinchmill Primary SchoolFoundation school | Bedford | No grade | 29% |
| Roxton Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bedford | Good 2023 | 27% |
| Ravensden CofE Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bedford | Good 2023 | 9% |
| Great Barford Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2022 | 0% |
| Broadmead Lower SchoolCommunity school | Bedford | Good 2023 | — |
| Willow Grove Primary SchoolFree schools | Wixams | No grade | — |
| Wootton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2024 | — |
| Lakeview SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2022 | — |
| Wilstead Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2023 | — |