St John Rigby Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bedford, MK41 9DQ
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Castle Newnham School
Goldington Road, Bedford, MK40 3EP
Local ranking40th of 51 primary schools in Bedford
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
680
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Continues from Castle Newnham School (URN 109435) since 1 September 2024. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected 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)
- 8.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 90
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 622
- Boys
- 330 (53%)
- Girls
- 292 (47%)
- Capacity
- 680 (91% full)
- SEND
- 9.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 9.3%
- EAL
- 17.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 5.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,268/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 58.2%
- White Other: 13.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.9%
- Mixed Other: 4.2%
- Black African: 4.2%
- Asian Indian: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.4%
- Asian Other: 2.1%
58.2%
White British
13.3%
White Other
4.9%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Goldington Road
Bedford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 151125
- UKPRN
- 10095832
- Establishment No.
- 2009
- Trust
- BEDFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS TRUST LIMITED
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