Bedford School Catchment Areas
Schools in Bedford split across 55 primaries and 14 secondaries, with catchment boundaries set afresh each admissions cycle by the council's school admissions team.
Expect the tightest competition in and around Bedford and Huntingdon, where popular primaries are regularly oversubscribed and last-distance-offered figures can shrink to a few hundred metres.
Selective schools are part of the mix in Bedford - for those applying to grammar schools, a selective admissions test is required in addition to the standard admissions process.
Based on the latest published capacity data, 13 of the 85 schools in Bedford are at or above their admission number, so catchment distance is decisive at those schools. Bedford has 1 selective school that admit by entrance test rather than distance. 17 schools apply faith-based criteria alongside catchment distance. Of the 38 Bedford schools with a current Ofsted rating, 35 are rated Good or Outstanding.
Bedford Catchment Area Documents
Official admissions policies and catchment boundary maps for Bedford schools are published annually.
Schools in Bedford
80 schoolsCherry Trees Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Bedford · MK42 9LS
Peter Pan Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Bedford · MK42 9DR
Livingstone Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Bedford · MK41 7LG
Edith Cavell Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Bedford · MK41 7NH
Priory Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Bedford · MK40 1JD
Sheerhatch Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bedford · MK44 3TH
Cotton End Forest School
Primary · Community school
Bedford · MK45 3AG
Pinchmill Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Bedford · MK43 7JD
Camestone School
Primary · Community school
Bedford · MK42 8NW
Balliol Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bedford · MK42 7ER
Thurleigh Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Bedford · MK44 2DB
Turvey Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Bedford · MK43 8DY
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