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King's Oak Primary School

URN
109502
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
King's Oak Primary School
URN
109502
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
1-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

61 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

46

Inspection

75

Admissions Value

61

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

75

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of primary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#26 of 41 schools in Bedford

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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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.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for King's Oak Primary School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Admissions strategy for King's Oak Primary School

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
2 March 2022
Inspection date
11 January 2022
Inspection type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 2 March 2022

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 2 March 2022

  • Behaviour and attitudes

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)

92

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

141

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

92

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.53×

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
http://www.kingsoakprimary.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 %

73.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

78.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

71.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

61.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

MK42 0HH - Oak Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire

Contact details

Address
Oak Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire
Postcode
MK42 0HH
Phone
1234220480
Website
http://www.kingsoakprimary.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.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • 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.
  • Good

    Graded 2 March 2022

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 2 March 2022

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 2 March 2022

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 2 March 2022

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    2 March 202211 January 2022Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1GoodView report for inspection published 2 March 2022
    • Good

      Published
      2 March 2022
      Inspected
      11 January 2022
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    65.3%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 88

    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
    Harrowden Middle School72 mMiddle deemed secondaryClosed
    Kingsbrook Middle School72 mMiddle deemed secondaryClosed
    Silver Jubilee Middle School367 mMiddle deemed secondaryClosed
    Bedford Academy451 mSecondaryOpen
    John Bunyan School473 mSecondaryClosed
    Shackleton Primary School792 mPrimaryOpen
    Shackleton Primary School792 mPrimaryClosed
    Cherry Trees Nursery School875 mNurseryOpen
    Abbey Middle School1.1 kmMiddle deemed secondaryClosed
    Raleigh Education Centre1.3 kmNot applicableClosed
    • Harrowden Middle School
      Distance
      72 m
      Phase
      Middle deemed secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Kingsbrook Middle School
      Distance
      72 m
      Phase
      Middle deemed secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Silver Jubilee Middle School
      Distance
      367 m
      Phase
      Middle deemed secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Bedford Academy
      Distance
      451 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      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
    John Bunyan School
    Distance
    473 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Shackleton Primary School
    Distance
    792 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Shackleton Primary School
    Distance
    792 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Cherry Trees Nursery School
    Distance
    875 m
    Phase
    Nursery
    Status
    Open
  • Abbey Middle School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Middle deemed secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Raleigh Education Centre
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    MK43 9NN
    Status
    Open, but proposed to close