Cranfield Church of England Academy
Primary · Bedford · MK43 0DR
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 17 September 2019
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511 pupils · 100% of 450 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 6.4% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 8.7% of pupils
- SEN support
- 10.1% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.1% of pupils
- URN
- 137853
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.95 first-choice applications per place86 places offered · 82 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 12 November 2024: Standards maintained
- 17 September 2019: Good
- 11 December 2018: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.