Bedford Road Primary Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bedford, MK42 8QH
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Balliol Primary School
Balliol Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7ER
Local ranking31st of 51 primary schools in Bedford
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
440
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 12 July 2022.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 39.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 57.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 49.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 51
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 384
- Boys
- 182 (51%)
- Girls
- 173 (49%)
- Capacity
- 440 (81% full)
- SEND
- 24.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 35.5%
- EAL
- 37.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 21.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,435/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.8% 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: 43.3%
- Black African: 15.3%
- White Other: 12.6%
- Asian Indian: 5.5%
- Mixed Other: 4.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.8%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 3.0%
- Other: 3.0%
43.3%
White British
15.3%
Black African
12.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Balliol Road
Bedford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 109464
- UKPRN
- 10074571
- Establishment No.
- 2064
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