King's Oak Primary School
Oak Road, Bedford, MK42 0HH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 1 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head teacher
- Mr Robert Morley-Smith
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Bedford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 936
- Pupils on roll
- 826
- URN
- 109502
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01234220480
About this school
King's Oak Primary School is a community primary school in Bedford. It teaches children aged 1 to 11 and has 826 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 105 | 90 | 106 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 59% | 61% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 72% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 69% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 69% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +4.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.50 | - | - |
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 King's Oak 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 | 54% | 50.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 53.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 61% | 52.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 767 |
| 2023/24 | 849 |
| 2024/25 | 868 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How King's Oak Primary School compares
King's Oak Primary School ranked 20th of 51 primary schools in Bedford for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61% | 6% | 42.2% | 826 | — |
| Shackleton Primary School | 54% | 5.9% | 37.3% | 487 | 0.5 miles |
| Elstow School | 74% | 4.9% | 21.5% | 413 | 0.9 miles |
| Cauldwell School | 74% | 4.3% | 26% | 415 | 1.0 miles |
| Shortstown Primary School | 60% | 4.2% | 27.1% | 479 | 1.1 miles |
| Castle Newnham School | 67% | 4.6% | 9.3% | 624 | 1.2 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report19 May 2026
- 11 January 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.19%
- English as an additional language
- 62.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.03%
- Persistent absence
- 19.28%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Shackleton Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bedford
-
Elstow School0.9 miles
Primary · Bedford
-
Cauldwell School1.0 miles
Primary · Bedford
-
Shortstown Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Bedford
-
Castle Newnham School1.2 miles
Primary · Bedford
Other schools in Bedford
King's Oak Primary School ranks 19th of the 53 ranked primary 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 year groups does King's Oak Primary School teach?
- King's Oak Primary School teaches children aged 1 to 11. It is a primary school in Bedford.
- Who is the head teacher of King's Oak Primary School?
- The head teacher of King's Oak Primary School is Mr Robert Morley-Smith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was King's Oak Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected King's Oak Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is King's Oak Primary School?
- King's Oak Primary School has 826 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 1 to 11.
- Is King's Oak Primary School full?
- King's Oak Primary School has capacity for 936 pupils and 826 on roll (88%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is King's Oak Primary School a faith school?
- No. King's Oak Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does King's Oak Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records King's Oak Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does King's Oak Primary School have?
- The schools register lists King's Oak Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have King's Oak Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 61% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does King's Oak Primary School rank locally?
- King's Oak Primary School ranked 20th of 51 primary schools in Bedford for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is King's Oak Primary School's absence rate?
- King's Oak Primary School's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are King's Oak Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, King's Oak 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 15 July 2026.