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Primary · MK43 · Bedford

Wootton Primary School

Bedford Road, Wootton, Bedford, MK43 9JT

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CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)95.7%
Attainment (2024/25)–
Roll vs capacityAround published capacity
Pupils731

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

No overall grade

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade. See the full report for latest area judgements.

Report published 12 May 2024.

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Good
  • Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in MK43. Where we have them, council (Bedford) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
731
Free school meals
17.5%
3.4% above district average (14.1%)

Also: Bedford 21.2% · England 24.7%

SEN
13.4%
6.5% below district average (19.9%)

Also: Bedford 16.9% · England 18.2%

EAL
9.7%
4.3% above district average (5.4%)
Attendance
95.7% Autumn and spring 2024/25
0.9% above district average (94.8%)

Also: Bedford 95% · England 94.8%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the MK43 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

9.4%

3.9% below England (13.3%)

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 95 families put this school first. 94 of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
95
First-preference offers
94
First preferences offered a place
98.9%
Total offers
99
Named on any preference
150

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Around published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
840
Pupils on roll
731

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Bedford page.

SEN support

SEN %
13.4%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Wootton Primary School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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