- Ofsted:Good
- Church of England
Results well above the Bedford faith schools average, low absence.
49 first choices, 58 offers made
Met the standard at 1174%
Bedford faith schools 46%England 62%
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 496
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Faith schools in Bedford
All 18 faith schools in Bedford. Narrow them down, then shortlist up to four to compare.
- Ofsted:Expected standard or better
- Church of England
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Bedford faith schools average.
11 first choices, 11 offers made
Met the standard at 1168%
Bedford faith schools 46%England 62%
- Days missed
- 6.5%Bedford faith schools 6.4%
- Pupils
- 123
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
- Ofsted:Good
- Church of England
Results well above the Bedford faith schools average, low absence.
28 first choices, 30 offers made
Met the standard at 1154%
Bedford faith schools 46%England 62%
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 194
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
- Ofsted:Good
- Church of England
Results close to the Bedford faith schools average, low absence.
8 first choices, 8 offers made
Met the standard at 1146%
Bedford faith schools 46%England 62%
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 70
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.8
- Ofsted:Outstanding in every area
- Church of England
Results well below the Bedford faith schools average, low absence.
41 first choices, 42 offers made
Met the standard at 1135%
Bedford faith schools 46%England 62%
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 350
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
- Ofsted:Good
- Church of England
Results well above the Bedford faith schools average.
5 first choices, 5 offers made
Met the standard at 1155%
Bedford faith schools 46%England 62%
- Days missed
- 5.5%Bedford faith schools 6.4%
- Pupils
- 67
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.1
- Ofsted:Good
- Church of England
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Bedford faith schools average, low absence.
10 first choices, 10 offers made
Met the standard at 1156%
Bedford faith schools 46%England 62%
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 121
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
- Ofsted:Good
- Catholic
- Has a sixth form
Results close to the Bedford faith schools average, high absence.
92 first choices, 108 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1641.0
Bedford faith schools 41.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 893
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
- Ofsted:Good in every area
- Church of England
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Bedford faith schools average, low absence.
6 first choices, 6 offers made
Met the standard at 1167%
Bedford faith schools 46%England 62%
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 87
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
- Ofsted:Good
- Catholic
- Has a nursery
Results above the Bedford faith schools average, low absence.
16 first choices, 18 offers made
Met the standard at 1149%
Bedford faith schools 46%England 62%
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 268
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.8
- Ofsted:Good
- Church of England
- Has a nursery
Results well above the Bedford faith schools average, low absence.
11 first choices, 12 offers made
Met the standard at 1163%
Bedford faith schools 46%England 62%
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 45
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.5
- Ofsted:Good
- Church of England
- Has a nursery
Results well below the Bedford faith schools average, low absence.
11 first choices, 12 offers made
Met the standard at 110%
Bedford faith schools 46%England 62%
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 176
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
- Ofsted:Good in every area
- Church of England
- Has a nursery
Results below the Bedford faith schools average, low absence.
17 first choices, 19 offers made
Met the standard at 1143%
Bedford faith schools 46%England 62%
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 191
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
- Ofsted:Good
- Church of England
- Has a nursery
Results well below the Bedford faith schools average.
7 first choices, 7 offers made
Met the standard at 119%
Bedford faith schools 46%England 62%
- Days missed
- 6.0%Bedford faith schools 6.4%
- Pupils
- 51
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.4
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary and Pre-School
Bedford, MK40 4AT · Academy · Primary · Ages 3 to 11
- Ofsted:Good
- Catholic
- Has a nursery
Results close to the Bedford faith schools average.
20 first choices, 21 offers made
Met the standard at 1144%
Bedford faith schools 46%England 62%
- Days missed
- 5.5%Bedford faith schools 6.4%
- Pupils
- 271
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
- Ofsted:Good
- Church of England
- Has a nursery
Results well below the Bedford faith schools average.
8 first choices, 9 offers made
Met the standard at 1127%
Bedford faith schools 46%England 62%
- Days missed
- 6.9%Bedford faith schools 6.4%
- Pupils
- 70
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Bedford Modern School
Bedford, MK41 7NT · Independent · All-through · Ages 7 to 18
- ISI:Inspected
- Faith school
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Independent school. Results aren't published in the same way.
Results
Not published for this kind of school.
- Days missed
- –Bedford faith schools 6.4%
- Pupils
- 1,219
- Pupils per teacher
- –
Bedford School
Bedford, MK40 2TU · Independent · All-through · Ages 7 to 19 · Boys
- ISI:Inspected
- Church of England
- Boys
- Has a sixth form
Independent school. Results aren't published in the same way.
Results
Not published for this kind of school.
- Days missed
- –Bedford faith schools 6.4%
- Pupils
- 994
- Pupils per teacher
- –
- Faith schools18
- Met the standard at 1146.0%
- Good or Outstanding100%of graded schools ·
- Faith schools18 of 183 Catholic, 14 Church of England
- With a nursery class10take children from 2 or 3
- Free school meals17.4%of pupils get them
The big picture
How Bedford's faith schools spread out
Each dot is one school. Hover over a dot to see which school it is.
Met the expected standard at 11
Share of Year 6 pupils reaching the expected level in reading, writing and maths.
Days missed
Share of school sessions pupils missed, for any reason. Lower is better.
Ofsted grades in Bedford
The last full grade for each school Ofsted has graded. 6 newer or converted schools don't have a grade yet.
- Outstanding: 0 of 12
- Good: 12 of 12
- Requires improvement: 0 of 12
- Inadequate: 0 of 12
Before you apply
Four things worth knowing in Bedford
Half or more are faith schools.
18 of the 18 faith schools in Bedford have a religious character. When they're full, they can put families of their faith first, so check each school's rules.
Show schools with no religious characterCheck how old the Ofsted grade is.
Some grades are many years old. Each school's page shows the date of its last inspection and what's changed since.
Show Good or OutstandingList a school you're likely to get.
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About these schools
Faith schools in Bedford, explained
There are 18 faith schools in Bedford, teaching 5,686 children. 8 are run by the council and 8 are academies or free schools. Among them are 2 independent schools.
100% of the schools Ofsted has graded are Good or Outstanding, against 94.8% across England. 0 of them are Outstanding, though some grades are several years old, so check the date on each school's page.
46.0% of pupils in Bedford faith schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at 11, against 62% across England. The gap between schools is wide, from 0% to 74%, which is why it's worth looking school by school.
17.4% of pupils get free school meals. Schools here spend £7,209 a year on each pupil, against £8,120 across England. 18.7% of pupils are persistently absent, missing one day in ten or more, against 18.1% across England.
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Questions
Questions parents ask
How many faith schools are in Bedford?
There are 18 faith schools in Bedford, including state-funded, academies, and independent schools.
What are the best faith schools in Bedford?
The highest-ranked faith schools in Bedford on Eduscope are Bromham CofE Primary School, St Lawrence Church of England Primary School and St James' CofE Academy. We rank each state school against schools of the same phase across England on its Ofsted inspection, results and attendance.
How are faith schools in Bedford ranked on Eduscope?
Each state school gets a rank score out of 100. We place each measure as a percentile among state schools of the same phase across England, then weight them. Primary schools: latest Ofsted inspection 30%, pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 30%, pupils reaching the higher standard 10%, persistent absence (lower is better) 20%, average reading and maths scores 10%. Secondary schools: latest Ofsted inspection 25%, Attainment 8 25%, grade 5 or above in English and maths 15%, persistent absence (lower is better) 15%, pupils staying in education or work after GCSEs 10%, A level average points (sixth forms only) 10%. Results are averaged over up to three years, and an Ofsted grade older than five years counts for less. A school needs data for at least 60% of the weights. Special schools, pupil referral units, nurseries, independent schools and 16 to 19 schools aren't ranked, and are listed by Ofsted grade and name. Our methodology page explains more.
What is the average class size in Bedford faith schools?
The average pupil-teacher ratio across faith schools in Bedford is 18:1. While this is not a direct measure of class size, it indicates the level of teaching resource available per pupil.
Sources: Department for Education school performance tables, school census and workforce data, Get Information About Schools and Ofsted. Distances are straight-line estimates.