Shortstown Primary School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bedford, MK42 0GS
- Distance
- 2.0km away
Cotton End Forest School
High Road, Bedford, MK45 3AG
Local ranking33rd of 51 primary schools in Bedford
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
630
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 20 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 77.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 30
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 418
- Boys
- 229 (55%)
- Girls
- 189 (45%)
- Capacity
- 630 (66% full)
- SEND
- 17.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.7%
- EAL
- 11.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.3%
- SEN Support
- 13.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,830/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 60.7%
- White Other: 6.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 6.1%
- Black African: 5.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 5.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 3.4%
- Mixed Other: 3.4%
- Asian Indian: 3.2%
60.7%
White British
6.8%
White Other
6.1%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
High Road
Bedford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 109446
- UKPRN
- 10068918
- Establishment No.
- 2041
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