Bedford Road Primary School
Hillgrounds Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 8QH
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Bedford Road Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Cheryl Willliams
- Constituency
- Bedford
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 369
- URN
- 109461
- Local authority
- Bedford
About this school
Bedford Road Primary School was a community primary school in Bedford. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 369 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Bedford Road Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 54 | 50 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 42% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 56% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 46% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.80 | - |
| Maths progress | -2.40 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Bedford Road Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bedford average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33% | 50.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 53.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 52.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Bedford Road Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7% | 27.6% | 369 | — |
| Bedford Road Primary Academy | 46% | 5.4% | 30% | 365 | 0.0 miles |
| Camestone School | 48% | 4.6% | 11.8% | 408 | 0.5 miles |
| Balliol Primary School | 39% | 4.7% | 35.5% | 355 | 0.5 miles |
| Springfield Primary School | 51% | 5.6% | 32.8% | 365 | 0.6 miles |
| Kempston Rural Primary School | 67% | 4.3% | 14.3% | 439 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.6%
- English as an additional language
- 29.3%
- Overall absence
- 7%
- Persistent absence
- 21.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bedford Road Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Bedford
-
Camestone School0.5 miles
Primary · Bedford
-
Balliol Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bedford
-
Springfield Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bedford
-
Kempston Rural Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Kempston
Other schools in Bedford
- Balliol Primary School Primary
- Bedford Road Primary Academy Primary
- Brickhill Primary School Primary
- Broadmead Lower School Primary
- Bromham CofE Primary School Primary
- Camestone School Primary
- Carlton CofE Primary School Primary
- Castle Newnham School Primary
- Cauldwell School Primary
- Cotton End Forest School Primary
- Cranfield Church of England Academy Primary
- Edith Cavell Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Bedford Road Primary School teach?
- Bedford Road Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Bedford.
- Has Bedford Road Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Bedford Road Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Bedford Road Primary School?
- Bedford Road Primary School had 369 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Bedford Road Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 33% in 2022/23 and 42% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Bedford Road Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bedford Road Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 December 2023.