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Northill CofE Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Bedford Road, Northill, Biggleswade SG18 9AH · northillschool.org.uk · 01767 627215
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 66
- 63% of 105 places
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 21.2%
- First language not English
- 1.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 7 families put the school first and 9 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 | 9 | 7 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 14 | 11 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
Results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | n/a | 62% |
| Higher standard | n/a | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | n/a | 106 |
| Maths | n/a | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | n/a | 105 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 19 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Northill CofE Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 19 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109621), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109621)
Feb 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109621)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 23
- 38% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 13% who had a child bullied