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Wilstead Primary School

URN
109492
Phase
Primary
Status
Closed

School overview

School name
Wilstead Primary School
URN
109492
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
4-11
Status
Closed

School Compass Score

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School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Recommendations are not currently available.

Admissions strategy

Application strategy guidance is not currently available for this school.

Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

View full Crime & Safety analysis in Parent Report

Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

We do not have Ofsted inspection records for this school yet.

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

22

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

55

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

22

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.5×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Bedford
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Bedford)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.wilsteadschool.co.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Bedford to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

64.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

72.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

64.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

44.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

MK45 3BX - Cotton End Road, Wilstead, Bedford, Bedfordshire

Contact details

Address
Cotton End Road, Wilstead, Bedford, Bedfordshire
Postcode
MK45 3BX
Phone
-
Website
www.wilsteadschool.co.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Bedford
Local authority code
822

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 171 schools in Bedford.

Authority statistics

Total schools

171

Open schools

85

Closed schools

85

Primary schools

86

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Offer rate

    40.0%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 20

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    20

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary86 (51.2%)
    • Secondary20 (11.9%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other62 (36.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Wilstead Primary School0 mPrimaryOpen
    Lakeview School1.5 kmPrimaryOpen
    Lakeview School1.5 kmPrimaryClosed
    Wixams Tree Primary Academy1.6 kmPrimaryOpen
    Wixams Academy1.7 kmSecondaryOpen
    Willow Grove Primary School2.2 kmPrimaryOpen
    Clarendon School2.4 kmNot applicableClosed
    Cotton End Forest School2.6 kmPrimaryOpen
    Houghton Conquest Lower School2.7 kmPrimaryOpen
    Shortstown Primary School3.7 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Wilstead Primary School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Lakeview School
      Distance
      1.5 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Lakeview School
      Distance
      1.5 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Wixams Tree Primary Academy
      Distance
      1.6 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Bedford)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Balliol Primary SchoolPrimaryMK42 7EROpen
    Bedford Road Primary AcademyPrimaryMK42 8QHOpen
    Bedford Road Primary SchoolPrimaryMK42 8QHClosed
    Brickhill Primary SchoolPrimaryMK41 7AAOpen
    Broadmead Lower SchoolPrimaryMK43 9NNOpen, but proposed to close
    • Balliol Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      MK42 7ER
      Status
      Open
    • Bedford Road Primary Academy
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      MK42 8QH
      Status
      Open
    • Bedford Road Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      MK42 8QH
      Status
      Closed
    • Brickhill Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      MK41 7AA
      Status
      Open
    • Broadmead Lower School
    Wixams Academy
    Distance
    1.7 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Willow Grove Primary School
    Distance
    2.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Clarendon School
    Distance
    2.4 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Cotton End Forest School
    Distance
    2.6 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Houghton Conquest Lower School
    Distance
    2.7 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Shortstown Primary School
    Distance
    3.7 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    MK43 9NN
    Status
    Open, but proposed to close