Primary
Elstow School
Abbey Fields, Elstow, Bedford, MK42 9GP
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 413 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.0
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Trust
- ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 33.3
- Pupils per adult
- 12.3
- Pupils
- 410
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 February 2025
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
74%
19 points above the Bedford average (55% across 51 schools)
107.0
2.4 above the Bedford average (104.6 across 51 schools)
17th 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 | 105 |
| Average reading score | 107 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 74% |
| Working at a higher standard | 5% |
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 time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 64% |
| 23/24 | 70% |
| 24/25 | 74% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
Abbey Fields, Elstow, Bedford, MK42 9GP
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
- Principal
- Sarah Ciantar
- Address
- Abbey Fields, Elstow, Bedford, MK42 9GP
- Telephone
- 01234302300