Cranfield Church of England Academy

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

Central BedfordshireLocal Authority

Mid BedfordshireConstituency

MK43 0DRPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Cranfield Church of England Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–9, located in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 511 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

73%

Asian

Black

Mixed

10%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

511

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 9
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 511
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 13 November 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
17 Oct 2019	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good	Good

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.