Schools in Biggleswade
Biggleswade has 12 schools including 8 primaries and 2 secondaries, all coordinated by Central Bedfordshire Council. The average fill rate across all 12 schools is 75 per cent, and only one is oversubscribed — suggesting that most families applying on time are likely to secure a preference. The town has seen housing growth and school capacity has broadly kept pace.
Five schools carry Church of England designation, making faith criteria a common feature of local oversubscription policies. Six operate as academies. All five of the recently Ofsted-rated schools are Good or Outstanding. Central Bedfordshire publishes catchment boundary maps and last-distance-offered data as part of its annual composite prospectus.
School demand in Biggleswade
Across the 12 schools in Biggleswade with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 75%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
5 schools in Biggleswade have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
6 of the schools in Biggleswade are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Central Bedfordshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
5 of the schools in Biggleswade have a current Ofsted rating, of which 5 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Biggleswade: 1 oversubscribed (8)
Southill Lower School
Primary · Community school
Biggleswade · SG18 9JA
St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Biggleswade · SG18 0LY
Dunton CofE Junior School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Biggleswade · SG18 8RN
Biggleswade Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Biggleswade · SG18 8JU
Langford Village Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Biggleswade · SG18 9QA
Caldecote Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Biggleswade · SG18 9DA
Lawnside Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Biggleswade · SG18 0LX
Northill CofE Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Biggleswade · SG18 9AH
Secondary Schools in Biggleswade (2)
Other Schools in Biggleswade (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Biggleswade are set by Central Bedfordshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.