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Campton Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–9 · Academy
Rectory Road, Campton, Shefford SG17 5PF · camptonacademy.org.uk · 01462 813359
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 128
- 18 over 110 places · 116%
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 4.7%
- First language not English
- 0.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 20 families put the school first and 28 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 | 28 | 20 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 22 | 20 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 92% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 24 | 22 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Campton Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Nov 2023
- 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: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2010
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109441), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109441)
Nov 2006Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109441)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 30
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 60% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied