Primary school in Bedford
Wilstead Primary School
Cotton End Road, Wilstead, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK45 3BX
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 October 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Places
- 210
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Bedford 021E, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 31%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 17%
- Households owning their home
- 73%
- Households in social housing
- 16%
- Households with no car
- 9%
- Adults economically inactive
- 44%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- HEART ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Caron Brown
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Ward
- Wixams & Wilstead
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire
- URN
- 152261
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | — | 0.9 mi |
| Wixams Tree Primary AcademyFree schools | Good 2024 | 60% | 1 mi |
| Willow Grove Primary SchoolFree schools | No grade | — | 1.4 mi |
| Cotton End Forest SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 77% | 1.6 mi |
| Houghton Conquest Lower SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | — | 1.7 mi |
| Shortstown Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 60% | 2.3 mi |
| Elstow SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 74% | 2.4 mi |
| Haynes Lower SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | — | 2.4 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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