Gravenhurst Academy
Primary · Bedford · MK45 4HY
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 5 March 2024
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72 pupils · 96% of 75 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 5–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 9.7% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 1.4% of pupils
- SEN support
- 15.3% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.8% of pupils
- URN
- 140075
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.33 first-choice applications per place15 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
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)
86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% moved to another state school · 3% 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
- 5 March 2024: Outstanding
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.