Central Bedfordshire schools and admissions data

Central Bedfordshire Council has 120 primary schools and 25 secondary schools. 3% of Central Bedfordshire's schools are private schools. 45 state schools in Central Bedfordshire follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 84 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Central Bedfordshire

  1. Outstanding 22
  2. Good 89
  3. Requires Improvement 10
  4. Inadequate 3

Most popular state schools
in Central Bedfordshire in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Sutton CofE VA Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Sutton

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Watling Lower School

    Community school • Dunstable

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Heathwood Lower School

    Community school • Leighton Buzzard

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Derwent Primary School

    Foundation school • Henlow

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Slip End Village School

    Community school • Slip End, Luton

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    The Mary Bassett Lower School

    Community school • Leighton Buzzard

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    John Donne Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Blunham, Bedford

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Ashton St Peter's VA C of E School

    Voluntary aided school • Dunstable

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Pulford CofE VA Lower School

    Voluntary aided school • Leighton Buzzard

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  10. 10

    Raynsford Church of England Academy

    Academy converter • Henlow

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Cranfield Church of England Academy

    Academy converter • Cranfield, Bedford

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    St Leonards, Heath and Reach, VA Lower School

    Voluntary aided school • Heath and Reach, Leighton Buzzard

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  13. 13

    Aspley Guise Village School

    Community school • Aspley Guise

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  14. 14

    Beaudesert Lower School

    Community school • Leighton Buzzard

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Maple Tree Primary School

    Foundation school • Sandy

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Lark Rise Academy

    Academy converter • Dunstable

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  17. 17

    Beecroft Academy

    Academy converter • Dunstable

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Northill CofE Academy

    Academy converter • Northill, Biggleswade

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Swallowfield Primary

    Community school • Milton Keynes

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Linslade Lower School

    Community school • Linslade, Leighton Buzzard

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Queensbury Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Dunstable

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Samuel Whitbread Academy

    Academy converter • Clifton, Shefford

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Vandyke Upper School

    Academy converter • Leighton Buzzard

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Harlington Upper School

    Academy converter • Harlington, Dunstable

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Cedars Upper School

    Academy converter • Linslade, Leighton Buzzard

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Redborne Upper School and Community College

    Academy converter • Ampthill, Bedford

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Stratton School

    Academy converter • Biggleswade

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  8. 8

    Sandy Secondary School

    Foundation school • Sandy

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Manshead Church of England Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Caddington, Luton

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Edward Peake CofE VC School

    Voluntary controlled school • Biggleswade

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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