St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary and Pre-School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D44
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bedford, MK40 4AT
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Great Ouse Primary Academy
Seaforth Gardens, Bedford, MK40 4TJ
Local ranking17th of 51 primary schools in Bedford
Ofsted: Strong
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 2 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 67.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 12.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 51
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 444
- Boys
- 233 (51%)
- Girls
- 222 (49%)
- Capacity
- 420 (108% full)
- SEND
- 14.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.2%
- EAL
- 36.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 11.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,615/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Pakistani: 28.2%
- White British: 26.1%
- Black African: 7.3%
- Asian Indian: 7.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 7.1%
- Mixed Other: 5.2%
- White Other: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.8%
28.2%
Asian Pakistani
26.1%
White British
7.3%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Seaforth Gardens
Bedford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 144746
- UKPRN
- 10064836
- Establishment No.
- 2003
- Trust
- MERIDIAN TRUST
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