Potton Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Sandy, Central Bedfordshire·SG19 2PG
Composite score
26.6
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#13,854
National rank
#1550
In East of England
#37
In Central Bedfordshire
Top 94%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
41%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
84%
69 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
1.17
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
98
any preference, for 59 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820220.9520230.9820241.0520251.172026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Central Bedfordshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Potton Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
390
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,256
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Potton Primary School

Potton Primary School is a primary school in Sandy, Central Bedfordshire, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 390 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 41% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 10.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Potton Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 69 first choices for 59 places. Overall pupil absence was 6.1%. There are about 20.6 pupils per teacher. Potton Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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