Central Bedfordshire schools and Ofsted
Every state school and nursery in Central Bedfordshire, 125 in all, with its latest Ofsted inspection. 90% were judged good or better at their last inspection. 17 have the new-style report cards, which grade each area of the school rather than giving one word.
125state schools and nurseries
90%good or betterat their last inspection
17new report cardssince November 2025
11inspections publishedin the last six months
Darker means a bigger share of schools judged good or better. Tap an area for its page.
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Latest inspections
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School: new Ofsted report card 15 September
- John Donne Church of England Primary School: new Ofsted report card 15 September
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School: new Ofsted report card 14 September
- Totternhoe Church of England Academy: new Ofsted report card 19 July
- St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School: new Ofsted report card 16 July
- Kensworth Church of England Academy: new Ofsted report card 22 June
- Leedon Lower School: new Ofsted report card 21 June
- The Rushmere Park Academy: new Ofsted report card 18 June
- Ashton St Peter's VA C of E School: new Ofsted report card 17 June
- St Mary's VA CofE Lower School: new Ofsted report card 26 April
- Manshead Church of England Academy: new Ofsted report card 19 April
Every school
| Alameda Middle SchoolMK45 2QR | Secondary | Ampthill | School remains Good (2023) |
| All Saints Academy DunstableLU5 5AB | Secondary | Houghton Regis | Outstanding in 1, good in 2, requires improvement in 1 (2024) |
| Ardley Hill AcademyLU6 3NZ | Primary | Dunstable | Good (2024) |
| Arnold AcademyMK45 4JZ | Secondary | Barton-le-Clay | Good (2023) |
| Ashton St Peter's VA C of E SchoolLU6 1EW | Primary | Dunstable | Report card Jun 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 6 |
| Aspley Guise Village SchoolMK17 8JT | Primary | Aspley Guise | Good (2023) |
| Beaudesert Lower SchoolLU7 3DX | Primary | Leighton Buzzard | School remains Good (2024) |
| Beecroft AcademyLU6 1DW | Primary | Dunstable | Good (2024) |
| Biggleswade AcademySG18 8JU | Primary | Biggleswade | Good (2024) |
| Brooklands Middle SchoolLU7 3PF | Secondary | Leighton Buzzard | Good (2023) |
| Caddington Village SchoolLU1 4JD | Primary | Caddington | Good in every area (2025) |
| Caldecote Church of England AcademySG18 9DA | Primary | Upper Caldecote | Good (2024) |
| Campton AcademySG17 5PF | Primary | Campton | Good (2023) |
| Cedars Upper SchoolLU7 2AE | Secondary | Linslade | Good (2023) |
| Clifton All Saints AcademySG17 5ES | Primary | Clifton | Good (2023) |
| Clipstone Brook Lower SchoolLU7 3PG | Primary | Leighton Buzzard | Standards maintained (2025) |
| Cranfield Church of England AcademyMK43 0DR | Primary | Cranfield | Standards maintained (2024) |
| Derwent Primary SchoolSG16 6BA | Primary | Henlow | School remains Good (2023) |
| Dovery AcademyLU7 3AG | Primary | Heath and Reach | Outstanding in every area (2025) |
| Downside Primary SchoolLU4 8EZ | Primary | Chaul End | Improved significantly (2024) |
| Dunstable Icknield Lower SchoolLU6 3AG | Primary | Dunstable | Requires improvement (2024) |
| Dunton CofE Junior SchoolSG18 8RN | Primary | Dunton | Good (2024) |
| Eaton Bray AcademyLU6 2DT | Primary | Eaton Bray | Standards maintained (2025) |
| Edward Peake CofE VC SchoolSG18 0EJ | Secondary | Biggleswade | Good in every area (2025) |
| Etonbury AcademySG15 6XS | Secondary | Stotfold | Standards maintained (2025) |
| Eversholt Lower SchoolMK17 9DU | Primary | Eversholt | Good (2024) |
| Everton Heath Primary SchoolSG19 2LE | Primary | Everton | Good (2024) |
| Fairfield Park Lower SchoolSG5 4FD | Primary | Fairfield | Good (2024) |
| Flitwick Lower SchoolMK45 1LU | Primary | Flitwick | School remains Good (2023) |
| Gilbert Inglefield AcademyLU7 3FU | Secondary | Leighton Buzzard | Report card Mar 2026: Urgent improvement in every area |
| Gothic Mede AcademySG15 6SL | Primary | Arlesey | School remains Good (2023) |
| Gravenhurst AcademyMK45 4HY | Primary | Upper Gravenhurst | Outstanding (2024) |
| Greenfield CofE VC Lower SchoolMK45 5ES | Primary | Flitton | Good (2024) |
| Greenleas SchoolLU7 2AB | Primary | Linslade | Good (2024) |
| Hadrian AcademyLU5 4SR | Primary | Dunstable | School remains Good (2023) |
| Harlington Lower SchoolLU5 6PD | Primary | Harlington | Good (2024) |
| Harlington Upper SchoolLU5 6NX | Secondary | Harlington | Good (2024) |
| Haynes Lower SchoolMK45 3PR | Primary | Haynes | Good (2023) |
| Heathwood Lower SchoolLU7 3AU | Primary | Heath and Reach | School remains Good (2023) |
| Henlow Church of England AcademySG16 6AN | Secondary | Henlow | Good in every area (2025) |
| Hockliffe Lower SchoolLU7 9LL | Primary | Hockliffe | Good in every area (2025) |
| Holywell SchoolMK43 0JA | Secondary | Cranfield | School remains Good (2023) |
| Houghton Conquest Primary SchoolMK45 3LL | Primary | Houghton Conquest | Good (2024) |
| Houghton Regis Primary SchoolLU5 5DH | Primary | Houghton Regis | Good in 1, requires improvement in 3 (2025) |
| Houstone SchoolLU5 5PX | Secondary | Houghton Regis | Good in every area (2025) |
| Husborne Crawley Lower SchoolMK43 0UZ | Primary | Aspley Guise | Good (2023) |
| Ivel Valley School & CollegeSG18 0NL | Special | Biggleswade | School remains Good (improving) (2023) |
| John Donne Church of England Primary SchoolMK44 3NL | Primary | Blunham | Report card Sept 2026: Expected standard in 6, needs attention in 1 |
| Kensworth Church of England AcademyLU6 3RH | Primary | Kensworth | Report card Jun 2026: Expected standard in 6, needs attention in 1 |
| Kingsmoor Lower SchoolMK45 1EY | Primary | Flitwick | Outstanding in 1, good in 3 (2025) |
| Laburnum Primary SchoolSG19 1HQ | Primary | Sandy | Report card Jan 2026: Expected standard in every area |
| Lancot SchoolLU6 2AP | Primary | Dunstable | School remains Good (2024) |
| Langford Village AcademySG18 9QA | Primary | Langford | Good (2024) |
| Lark Rise AcademyLU6 3PT | Primary | Dunstable | Outstanding in every area (2025) |
| Lawnside AcademySG18 0LX | Primary | Biggleswade | Good (2023) |
| Leedon Lower SchoolLU7 3LZ | Primary | Leighton Buzzard | Report card Jun 2026: Needs attention in 5, urgent improvement in 2 |
| Leighton Middle SchoolLU7 1EX | Secondary | Leighton Buzzard | School remains Good (2024) |
| Lidlington Primary SchoolMK43 0SB | Primary | Lidlington | Good (2023) |
| Lime Tree Primary AcademyLU5 5QN | Primary | Houghton Regis | Good (2024) |
| Linslade Lower SchoolLU7 2QU | Primary | Linslade | Report card Feb 2026: Expected standard in every area |
| Linslade SchoolLU7 2PA | Secondary | Linslade | School remains Good (2022) |
| Manshead Church of England AcademyLU1 4BB | Secondary | Chaul End | Report card Apr 2026: Expected standard in 2, needs attention in 5 |
| Maple Tree Primary SchoolSG19 2WA | Primary | Sandy | School remains Good (2023) |
| Marston Moreteyne VC SchoolMK43 0NE | Primary | Marston Moretaine | Good (2024) |
| Maulden Lower SchoolMK45 2AU | Primary | Maulden | School remains Good (2023) |
| Meppershall Church of England AcademySG17 5LZ | Primary | Meppershall | Good (2024) |
| Moggerhanger Primary SchoolMK44 3RD | Primary | Moggerhanger | School remains Good (with concerns) (2024) |
| Northill CofE AcademySG18 9AH | Primary | Northill | Standards maintained (2024) |
| Oak Bank SchoolLU7 3BE | Special | Heath and Reach | Standards maintained (2024) |
| Parkfields Middle SchoolLU5 6AB | Secondary | Toddington | Good (2024) |
| Pix Brook AcademySG5 4HB | Secondary | Stotfold | Good (2024) |
| Potton Primary SchoolSG19 2PG | Primary | Potton | Good in every area (2025) |
| Priory AcademyLU5 4JA | Secondary | Dunstable | School remains Good (2023) |
| Pulford CofE VA Lower SchoolLU7 1AB | Primary | Leighton Buzzard | Good (2023) |
| Queensbury AcademyLU6 3BU | Secondary | Dunstable | Good in 1, requires improvement in 3 (2025) |
| Ramsey Manor Lower SchoolMK45 4NS | Primary | Barton-le-Clay | Outstanding in 2, good in 2 (2024) |
| Raynsford Church of England AcademySG16 6AT | Primary | Henlow | Standards maintained (2024) |
| Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeMK45 2NU | Secondary | Ampthill | Good (2024) |
| Ridgmont Lower SchoolMK43 0TS | Primary | Aspley Guise | Report card Jan 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 5 |
| Robert Bloomfield AcademySG17 5BU | Secondary | Shefford | Outstanding in every area (2025) |
| Robert Peel Primary SchoolSG19 1QJ | Primary | Sandy | Outstanding in 1, good in 3 (2025) |
| Roecroft Lower SchoolSG5 4PF | Primary | Stotfold | Good in every area (2025) |
| Russell Lower SchoolMK45 2TD | Primary | Ampthill | School remains Good (2022) |
| Samuel Whitbread AcademySG17 5QS | Secondary | Clifton | School remains Good (2023) |
| Sandy Secondary SchoolSG19 1BL | Secondary | Sandy | Good in every area (2025) |
| Shefford Lower SchoolSG17 5XA | Primary | Shefford | School remains Good (2023) |
| Shillington Lower SchoolSG5 3NX | Primary | Shillington | Good (2023) |
| Silsoe CofE VC Lower SchoolMK45 4GP | Primary | Silsoe | Good (2023) |
| Slip End Village SchoolLU1 4DD | Primary | Slip End | Good in every area (2025) |
| Southcott Lower SchoolLU7 2UA | Primary | Linslade | School remains Good (2023) |
| Southill Lower SchoolSG18 9JA | Primary | Southill | Report card Jan 2026: Strong standard in 6, expected standard in 1 |
| St Andrew's CofE VC Primary SchoolSG18 0LY | Primary | Biggleswade | Report card Jul 2026: Expected standard in 4, needs attention in 3 |
| St Leonards CE AcademyLU7 0AX | Primary | Heath and Reach | Good (2024) |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolLU1 4BB | Primary | Chaul End | Report card Sept 2026: Strong standard in 5, expected standard in 2 |
| St Mary's CofE Academy StotfoldSG5 4DL | Primary | Stotfold | Standards maintained (2025) |
| St Mary's VA CofE Lower SchoolMK45 4BE | Primary | Clophill | Report card Apr 2026: Strong standard in 5, expected standard in 2 |
| St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary SchoolSG19 1AX | Primary | Sandy | School remains Good (2023) |
| St Vincent's Catholic Primary SchoolLU5 5RG | Primary | Houghton Regis | Report card Sept 2026: Strong standard in 5, expected standard in 2 |
| St. Augustine's AcademyLU5 4AS | Primary | Dunstable | School remains Good (2024) |
| Stanbridge Lower SchoolLU7 9HY | Primary | Eggington | Good (2022) |
| Stondon Lower SchoolSG16 6LQ | Primary | Lower Stondon | School remains Good (2023) |
| Stonehill SchoolSG6 4SZ | Primary | Fairfield | School remains Good (2023) |
| Stratton SchoolSG18 8JB | Secondary | Biggleswade | Good in every area (2025) |
| Studham Village CofE AcademyLU6 2QD | Primary | Studham | Outstanding in 3, good in 1 (2024) |
| Sutton CofE VA Primary SchoolSG19 2NE | Primary | Sutton | Report card Jan 2026: Strong standard in 4, expected standard in 3 |
| Templefield Lower SchoolMK45 1AJ | Primary | Flitwick | School remains Good (2023) |
| The Academy of Central BedfordshireLU5 5PX | Alternative provision | Houghton Regis | Standards maintained (2025) |
| The Chiltern SchoolLU5 5PX | Special | Houghton Regis | School remains Good (2023) |
| The Firs Lower SchoolMK45 2QR | Primary | Ampthill | School remains Good (2023) |
| The Mary Bassett Lower SchoolLU7 1AR | Primary | Leighton Buzzard | Good (2024) |
| The Rushmere Park AcademyLU7 1EW | Primary | Leighton Buzzard | Report card Jun 2026: Strong standard in 2, expected standard in 5 |
| Thomas Whitehead Church of England AcademyLU5 5HH | Primary | Houghton Regis | Good in every area (2025) |
| Thornhill Primary SchoolLU5 5PE | Primary | Houghton Regis | Outstanding in 1, good in 3 (2025) |
| Tithe Farm Primary SchoolLU5 5JB | Primary | Houghton Regis | Good in every area (2025) |
| Toddington St George Church of England SchoolLU5 6AJ | Primary | Toddington | Good (2023) |
| Totternhoe Church of England AcademyLU6 1RE | Primary | Totternhoe | Report card Jul 2026: Expected standard in 3, needs attention in 4 |
| Vandyke Upper SchoolLU7 3DY | Secondary | Leighton Buzzard | School remains Good (2024) |
| Watling Lower SchoolLU6 3BJ | Primary | Dunstable | Some aspects not as strong (2025) |
| Weatherfield AcademyLU6 1AF | Special | Dunstable | Good in every area (2025) |
| Westfield Nursery SchoolLU6 1DL | Nursery | Dunstable | Good (2023) |
| Westoning Lower SchoolMK45 5JH | Primary | Westoning | School remains Good (2024) |
| Willow Nursery SchoolLU5 4QU | Nursery | Dunstable | Good (2024) |
| Woburn Lower SchoolMK17 9QL | Primary | Woburn | Good (2024) |
| Woodland Middle School AcademyMK45 1NP | Secondary | Flitwick | School remains Good (2023) |
| Wrestlingworth CofE Infant SchoolSG19 2EU | Primary | Wrestlingworth | Good (2024) |
How the new report cards work
Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school (achievement, teaching, behaviour, personal development, inclusion, leadership) on a five-point scale: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement. Safeguarding is met or not met. Across the 17 Central Bedfordshire report cards so far, the grades given were: expected standard 61 times, strong standard 29 times, needs attention 19 times, urgent improvement 8 times.
Schools inspected before then have a single grade (outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate), or from September 2024 a grade for each area without an overall one. Short “ungraded” visits check a school is still at its last grade.
Where the figures come from
Ofsted publishes the latest inspection of every state-funded school each month, under the Open Government Licence. We keep those at LU, MK, SG, AL and PE postcodes and show here the ones in Central Bedfordshire. Independent schools and childminders aren’t included. Each school links to its full report on the Ofsted website.
Schools in every area
Questions people ask
How many schools in Central Bedfordshire are rated good or better?
90% of the 125 state schools and nurseries in Central Bedfordshire were judged good or better at their last Ofsted inspection.
What are Ofsted report cards?
Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, instead of giving one overall word.
How many schools are there in Central Bedfordshire?
There are 125 state-funded schools and nurseries in Central Bedfordshire: 92 primary, 26 secondary, 4 special, 2 nursery, 1 alternative provision.