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Springfield Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Orchard Street, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7LJ · springfieldprimaryschool.org.uk · 01234 306000
On the mapSearch near MK42 7LJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 51%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bedford 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 365
- 87% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 28.5%
- First language not English
- 42.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 37 families put the school first and 38 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 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 42 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 24 | 21 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 48 | 40 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 39 | 32 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 51% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% 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 | |||
| ▼51% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Springfield Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 June 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 14 Jun 2022
- 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, Nov 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 32
- 9% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied