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Castle Newnham School

URN
109661
Phase
Secondary
Status
Closed

School overview

School name
Castle Newnham School
URN
109661
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
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: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national 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.

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Ofsted inspections

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Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2024/25.

Academic year

Academic year

2024/25

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

143

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

344

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

143

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.41×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

Use these official links to submit your application. Deadlines and portals are set by your local authority — always confirm the latest dates before you apply.

Local authority
Bedford
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Bedford)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)

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 4 destinations

Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

Education destination

Education %

84.0%

Employment destination

Employment %

3.0%

Apprenticeship destination

Apprenticeships %

1.0%

Not in education, employment or training

NEET %

7.0%

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

Location

MK41 9DT - Polhill Avenue, Bedford, Bedfordshire

Contact details

Address
Polhill Avenue, Bedford, Bedfordshire
Postcode
MK41 9DT
Phone
-
Website
-
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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

    41.6%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 114

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

    Secondary schools

    20

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

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

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Castle Newnham School0 mSecondaryOpen
    St John Rigby RC VA Lower School317 mPrimaryClosed
    St John Rigby Catholic Primary School317 mPrimaryOpen
    The Acorn School583 mNot applicableClosed
    Goldington Academy585 mSecondaryOpen
    Goldington Middle School585 mMiddle deemed secondaryClosed
    Hazeldene School615 mPrimaryOpen
    St Andrew's School630 mNot applicableClosed
    The Hills Lower School652 mPrimaryClosed
    The Hills Academy652 mPrimaryOpen
    • Castle Newnham School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • St John Rigby RC VA Lower School
      Distance
      317 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • St John Rigby Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      317 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • The Acorn School
      Distance
      583 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Bedford)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Bedford AcademySecondaryMK42 9TROpen
    Bedford Free SchoolSecondaryMK42 9ADOpen
    Biddenham International School and Sports CollegeSecondaryMK40 4AZOpen
    Castle Newnham SchoolSecondaryMK41 9DTOpen
    Daubeney AcademySecondaryMK42 7PSOpen
    • Bedford Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      MK42 9TR
      Status
      Open
    • Bedford Free School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      MK42 9AD
      Status
      Open
    • Biddenham International School and Sports College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      MK40 4AZ
      Status
      Open
    • Castle Newnham School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      MK41 9DT
      Status
      Open
    • Daubeney Academy
    Goldington Academy
    Distance
    585 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Goldington Middle School
    Distance
    585 m
    Phase
    Middle deemed secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Hazeldene School
    Distance
    615 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Andrew's School
    Distance
    630 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • The Hills Lower School
    Distance
    652 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • The Hills Academy
    Distance
    652 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    MK42 7PS
    Status
    Open