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Best primary schools in Central Bedfordshire

36 of 96 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Central Bedfordshire schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Lark Rise Academy Dunstable 88.0% Not judged oversubscribed 1.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Raynsford Church of England Academy Henlow 81.0% Good oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Derwent Primary School Henlow 78.0% Good about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Slip End Village School Luton 75.0% Not judged about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 St Vincent's Catholic Primary School Dunstable 73.0% Good oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 The Vale Academy Dunstable 73.0% Not judged declining about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Maple Tree Primary School Sandy 71.0% Good about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Thornhill Primary School Dunstable 68.0% Not judged about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Clifton All Saints Academy Near Shefford 65.0% Good oversubscribed 1.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Lancot School Dunstable 64.0% Good about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Laburnum Primary School Sandy 63.0% Inadequate about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Caddington Village School Luton 62.0% Not judged improving undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Langford Village Academy Biggleswade 62.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Moggerhanger Primary School Bedford 62.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 St Mary's Catholic Primary School Luton 62.0% Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Ardley Hill Academy Dunstable hidden gem 60.0% Good improving undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Everton Heath Primary School Nr Sandy hidden gem 58.0% Good undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Biggleswade Academy Biggleswade 57.0% Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Kensworth Church of England Academy Dunstable hidden gem 57.0% Good undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Lime Tree Primary Academy 57.0% Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Robert Peel Primary School Sandy 57.0% Not judged about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Swallowfield Primary Milton Keynes 57.0% Not judged about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Hadrian Academy Dunstable 56.0% Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Ashton St Peter's VA C of E School Dunstable 45.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 Eaton Bray Academy Dunstable 44.0% Good improving about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 Potton Primary School Sandy 41.0% Not judged oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Tithe Farm Primary School Dunstable 41.0% Not judged about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 Beecroft Academy Dunstable 39.0% Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Thomas Whitehead Church of England Academy Dunstable 39.0% Not judged improving undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary School Sandy 38.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 Houghton Regis Primary School Dunstable 36.0% Not judged about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 St Christophers Academy Dunstable 33.0% Not judged about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 St. Augustine's Academy Dunstable 32.0% Good about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 Meppershall Church of England Academy Shefford hidden gem 30.0% Good undersubscribed 0.68 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 John Donne Church of England Primary School Bedford 29.0% Requires improvement declining about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
36 Totternhoe Church of England Academy Dunstable 18.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Central Bedfordshire

60 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Central Bedfordshire, not a fairer one.

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