SchoolScoresSchools in Bedford
All 100 schools in Bedford: 66 state primary schools, 19 state secondary schools, 1 sixth form college, 4 special schools and 9 independent schools, with Ofsted inspections, results and admissions dates.
Best primary schools in Bedford · Best secondary schools in Bedford · Best sixth forms in Bedford · Private schools in Bedford
Council admissions: Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes.
Primary schools (66) · Secondary schools (19) · Sixth form colleges (1) · Special schools (4) · Independent schools (9) · Alternative provision (1)
Primary schools
66 schools.
- Balliol Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 39% met expected standard (KS2)
- Bedford Road Primary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2025: 6 expected, 1 needs attention · 46% met expected standard (KS2)
- Brickhill Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2024 · 57% met expected standard (KS2)
- Broadmead Lower School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023)
- Bromham CofE Primary School Voluntary controlled school · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2023 · 74% met expected standard (KS2)
- Camestone School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2022 · 48% met expected standard (KS2)
- Carlton CofE Primary School Voluntary controlled school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 67% met expected standard (KS2)
- Cauldwell School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2025: 3 strong, 3 expected, 1 needs attention · 74% met expected standard (KS2)
- Cotton End Forest School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- Cranfield CofE Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2024
- Edith Cavell Primary School Foundation school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2024 · 58% met expected standard (KS2)
- Elstow School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2016, before conversion), confirmed 2025 · 74% met expected standard (KS2)
- Flitwick Lower School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2023
- Goldington Green Academy Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 62% met expected standard (KS2)
- Gravenhurst Academy Academy · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024)
- Great Barford CofE Primary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 0% met expected standard (KS2)
- Great Denham Primary School Foundation school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · 72% met expected standard (KS2)
- Great Ouse Primary Academy Free school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 4 strong, 3 expected · 67% met expected standard (KS2)
- Harrold Primary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 81% met expected standard (KS2)
- Haynes Lower School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023)
- Hazeldene School Foundation school · Ofsted: Good (2016), confirmed 2024 · 75% met expected standard (KS2)
- Houghton Conquest Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2024)
- John Donne CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2023) · 29% met expected standard (KS2)
- King's Oak Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 5 strong, 2 expected · 61% met expected standard (KS2)
- Kingsmoor Lower School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025)
- Kymbrook Primary School Foundation school · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2024 · 75% met expected standard (KS2)
- Lakeview School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022, before conversion) · 59% met expected standard (KS2)
- Lidlington Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2022)
- Livingstone Primary School Foundation school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 49% met expected standard (KS2)
- Maulden Lower School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2012), confirmed 2023
- Milton Ernest CofE Primary School Voluntary controlled school · Ofsted: Good (2012), confirmed 2022 · 55% met expected standard (KS2)
- Moggerhanger Primary School Foundation school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed with concerns 2024 · 62% met expected standard (KS2)
- Newton Blossomville CofE School Voluntary controlled school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023)
- Oakley Primary Academy Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 63% met expected standard (KS2)
- Pinchmill Primary School Foundation school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 29% met expected standard (KS2)
- Priory Primary School Foundation school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 50% met expected standard (KS2)
- Putnoe Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 57% met expected standard (KS2)
- Queen's Park Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 61% met expected standard (KS2)
- Ramsey Manor Lower School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024)
- Ravensden CofE Primary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 9% met expected standard (KS2)
- Renhold VC Primary School Voluntary controlled school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 43% met expected standard (KS2)
- Ridgmont Lower School Community school · Ofsted: Report card 2025: 1 strong, 5 expected
- Riseley CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 56% met expected standard (KS2)
- Roxton CofE Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 27% met expected standard (KS2)
- Scott Primary School and Nursery Community school · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2024 · 59% met expected standard (KS2)
- Shackleton Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 6 expected, 1 needs attention · 54% met expected standard (KS2)
- Sharnbrook Primary Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 70% met expected standard (KS2)
- Sheerhatch Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 3 expected, 4 needs attention · 50% met expected standard (KS2)
- Shortstown Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 7 expected · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
- Silsoe CofE VC Lower School Voluntary controlled school · Ofsted: Good (2023)
- Springfield Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 51% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary and Pre-School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 44% met expected standard (KS2)
- St James' CofE Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2012, before conversion), confirmed 2025 · 54% met expected standard (KS2)
- St John Rigby Catholic Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 49% met expected standard (KS2)
- Templefield Lower School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2023
- The Firs Lower School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2023
- The Hills Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2020), confirmed 2025 · 63% met expected standard (KS2)
- Thurleigh Primary School Foundation school · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 50% met expected standard (KS2)
- Turvey Primary School Foundation school · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2022 · 71% met expected standard (KS2)
- Ursula Taylor CofE School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 35% met expected standard (KS2)
- Westfield Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 48% met expected standard (KS2)
- Westoning Lower School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2015, before conversion), confirmed 2024
- Wilden CofE VA Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 63% met expected standard (KS2)
- Wilstead Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023, before conversion) · 44% met expected standard (KS2)
- Wixams Tree Primary Academy Free school · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
- Wootton Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2013, before conversion), confirmed 2024
Secondary schools
19 schools.
- Alameda Middle School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2018), confirmed 2023
- Arnold Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023)
- Bedford Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 38% grade 5+ English and maths
- Bedford Free School Free school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2020), confirmed 2025 · 37% grade 5+ English and maths
- Biddenham International School and Sports College Foundation school · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2024 · 36% grade 5+ English and maths
- Castle Newnham School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 7 expected
- Daubeney Academy Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 29% grade 5+ English and maths
- Goldington Academy Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 6 strong · 64% grade 5+ English and maths
- Holywell School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2023
- Kempston Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2018), confirmed 2024 · 36% grade 5+ English and maths
- Lincroft Academy Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 48% grade 5+ English and maths
- Mark Rutherford School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2025: 2 strong, 4 expected, 1 needs attention · 40% grade 5+ English and maths
- Marston Vale Middle School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024)
- Redborne Upper School and Community College Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 45% grade 5+ English and maths
- Sharnbrook Academy Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 59% grade 5+ English and maths
- St Thomas More Catholic School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 46% grade 5+ English and maths
- Wixams Academy Free school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 5 expected, 2 needs attention · 52% grade 5+ English and maths
- Woodland Middle School Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2023
- Wootton Academy Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 45% grade 5+ English and maths
Sixth form colleges
1 school.
- Kimberley 16 - 19 Stem College Free school · Ofsted: Not yet inspected · C+ average A level grade
Special schools
4 schools.
- Grange Academy Special academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 0% grade 5+ English and maths
- Ridgeway School Special school · Ofsted: Good (2012), confirmed 2025
- Rivertree Free School Special free school · Ofsted: No graded inspection
- St John's School Special academy · Ofsted: Good (2023)
Independent schools
9 schools.
- Bedford Girls' School Independent, inspected by ISI · 30% A*/A at A level
- Bedford Greenacre Independent School Independent, inspected by ISI · 17% A*/A at A level
- Bedford Modern School Independent, inspected by ISI · 45% A*/A at A level
- Bedford School Independent, inspected by ISI · 51% A*/A at A level
- Cambian Walnut Tree Lodge School Independent · Ofsted: Good (2025)
- KWS School Independent · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 6 expected
- Orchard School and Nursery Independent, inspected by ISI
- Pilgrims Pre-Preparatory School Independent, inspected by ISI
- Polam School Independent, inspected by ISI
Alternative provision
1 school.
- Greys Education Centre Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024)
Page updated 26 September 2026.