Wilstead Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bedford, MK45 3BX
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Wilstead Primary School
Cotton End Road, Wilstead, Bedford, MK45 3BX
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 28 February 2026 and continues as Wilstead Primary School (URN 152261) (opened 1 March 2026). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 44.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 64.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 64.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 25
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 191
- Boys
- 94 (50%)
- Girls
- 95 (50%)
- Capacity
- 210 (90% full)
- SEND
- 34.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.8%
- EAL
- 4.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.8%
- SEN Support
- 28.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,829/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 74.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.7%
- Asian Indian: 3.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- Asian Other: 2.6%
- White Other: 2.1%
- Black African: 2.1%
74.3%
White British
5.8%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
3.7%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Cotton End Road
Bedford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 109492
- UKPRN
- 10077506
- Establishment No.
- 2141
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