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Eileen Wade Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Foundation school
High Street, Upper Dean, Huntingdon PE28 0ND · ewmeschools.org.uk · 01234 708260
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Dec 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bedford 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 70
- At capacity · 70 places
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 14.3%
- First language not English
- 1.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 5 families put the school first and 6 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 10 | 19 | 1.9▲ | 53% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 12 | 14 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 20% the higher standard. Across Bedford it was 57%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ▲20% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Eileen Wade Primary School on 2 December 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 2 Dec 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jun 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (12 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Positive
- 92%
- Replies
- 12
- 17% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 92% who raised concerns
based on 2 parents (17%) with SEND