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Cranfield Church of England Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–9 · Academy
Court Road, Cranfield, Bedford MK43 0DR · cranfieldchurchofenglandacademy.co.uk · 01234 750261
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2019
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 511
- 61 over 450 places · 114%
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 6.4%
- First language not English
- 9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 82 families put the school first and 86 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 | 86 | 82 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 97 | 1.1▲ | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 89 | 108 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 87 | 98 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 94 | 1▲ | 94% |
Ofsted
Cranfield Church of England Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 17 September 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Nov 2024 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 12 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2018Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jun 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (91 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Replies
- 91
- 18% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 22 parents (24%) with SEND