Westfield Primary School

Community school·Primary school Bedford·MK40 4HW
Composite score
31.2
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#13,174
National rank
#1457
In East of England
#42
In Bedford
Top 89%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
48%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
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
100%
42 first choices, 46 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
115
any preference, for 46 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.8120230.8320240.8220250.912026

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

Every child who put Westfield Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
244
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
77.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,777
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Westfield Primary School is a primary school serving Bedford, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 244 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Westfield Primary School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 48% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 3.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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 101 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Westfield Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 42 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 20.4 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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