Great Denham Primary School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
C64
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bedford, MK40 4GG
- Distance
- 0.8km away
St James' CofE Academy
Main Road, Biddenham, Bedford, MK40 4BD
Local ranking8th of 51 primary schools in Bedford
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
5-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 5 February 2025.
School history and status
Continues from St James' Church of England VA Primary School (URN 109614) since 1 April 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 54.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 11.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 61.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 64.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 28
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 192
- Boys
- 109 (56%)
- Girls
- 85 (44%)
- Capacity
- 210 (92% full)
- SEND
- 13.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.3%
- EAL
- 13.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 11.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,979/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- 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: 46.8%
- Mixed Other: 7.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 7.4%
- Black African: 6.8%
- Asian Other: 4.7%
- Asian Indian: 4.2%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 4.2%
- White Other: 3.7%
46.8%
White British
7.9%
Mixed Other
7.4%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Main Road
Bedford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 148982
- UKPRN
- 10090173
- Establishment No.
- 3300
- Trust
- DIOCESE OF ST ALBANS MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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