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Wixams Tree Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
Green Lane, Wixams, Bedford MK42 6BA · wixamstreeprimary.co.uk · 01234 608960
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bedford 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 559
- 89% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Free school meals
- 18.2%
- First language not English
- 17.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 52 families put the school first and 55 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 | 55 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 55 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 73 | 72 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 77 | 73 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 88 | 1 | 97% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% 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% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●106 | 105 | |
Ofsted
Wixams Tree Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 17 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 17 Apr 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2022
Earlier inspections
Jan 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
69% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (81 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 69%
- Replies
- 81
- 16% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 51% who had a child bullied
based on 20 parents (25%) with SEND