Bedford Road Primary Academy

State-Funded School

bedford-road-primary-academy-bedford-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

BedfordLocal Authority

BedfordConstituency

MK42 8QHPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Bedford Road Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Bedford, East of England.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 365 pupils. Bedford Road Primary Academy is part of KNOWLEDGE SCHOOLS TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 9 Dec 2025 · published 27 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

51%

Asian

23%

Black

Mixed

15%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

365

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

30%

England average

27%

First language not English

33%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 365
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: KNOWLEDGE SCHOOLS TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
27 Jun 2022	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.