Primary
Pinchmill Primary School
The Old Road, Felmersham, Bedford, MK43 7JD
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 88 of 105 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.0
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- North Bedfordshire Schools Trust (NBST)
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 9.3
- Pupils per adult
- 9.1
- Pupils
- 85
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2023
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
SATs results
29%
26 points below the Bedford average (55% across 51 schools)
99.0
5.6 below the Bedford average (104.6 across 51 schools)
48th of 51 by our score, among the primary schools in Bedford we can score - 70 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 97 |
| Average reading score | 99 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 29% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 29% |
| 24/25 | 29% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 98.0 |
| 24/25 | 99.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 96.0 |
| 24/25 | 97.0 |
The Old Road, Felmersham, Bedford, MK43 7JD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Bedford admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Victoria Bailey
- Address
- The Old Road, Felmersham, Bedford, MK43 7JD
- Telephone
- 01234781371