Ursula Taylor Church of England School

Academy converter·Primary school Bedford·MK41 6EG
Composite score
27.4
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#13,780
National rank
#1538
In East of England
#47
In Bedford
Top 93%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
35%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
41 first choices, 42 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
58
any preference, for 42 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9820231.0520240.9420250.982026

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

Every child who put Ursula Taylor Church of England 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
361
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,521
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Ursula Taylor Church of England School is a primary school serving Bedford, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 361 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 35% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 34.0 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 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Ursula Taylor Church of England School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 41 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 21.9 pupils per teacher. Ursula Taylor Church of England 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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